Braxton

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #172 for boys in 2025, 2,131 births
Given to boys 98.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
2017 · 3,352 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
65,831
since 1885

Braxton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Braxton has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #118, 2017boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#14,9425#1722,131
2024#7,25115#1702,176
2023#8,98911#1692,143
2022#6,98416#1562,397
2021#11,1468#1462,583
2020#7,96913#1312,785
2019#9,11211#1263,038
2018#5,78521#1303,016
2017#4,57630#1183,352
2016#4,53131#1253,315
2015#4,85328#1213,313
2014#4,65730#1203,364
2013#4,00237#1233,107
2012#5,11427#1253,018
2011#4,91528#1532,516
2010#5,10827#1702,293
2009#5,37826#1742,241
2008#7,74216#2021,940
2007#5,09728#2161,773
2006#4,57631#2241,605
2005#4,70428#2491,316
2004#2,96553#2201,581
2003#4,30730#3011,004
2002#3,97832#328837
2001#3,70335#345794
2000#4,29128#337814
1999#3,50935#331820
1998#3,22238#324837
1997#3,22436#333783
1996#4,18425#398593
1995#3,87827#434527
1994#5,44517#444507
1993#565327
1992#647254
1991#667230
1990#717201
1989#800155
1988#813136
1987#896109
1986#848114
1985#906100
1984#1,14463
1983#1,04072
1982#1,32050
1981#1,54839
1980#1,69534
1979#1,63335
1978#1,68832
1977#1,94825
1976#1,71130
1975#1,65830
1974#1,65929
1973#1,98221
1972#2,08019
1971#1,86223
1970#1,93921
1969#2,30814
1968#2,20014
1967#2,13914
1966#1,89117
1965#2,27013
1964#1,97517
1963#1,95717
1962#2,18614
1961#1,43931
1960#2,12115
1959#1,70922
1958#2,26513
1957#1,54726
1956#2,26313
1955#2,30212
1954#1,82618
1953#2,28712
1952#1,85617
1951#1,77418
1950#1,94115
1949#1,61621
1948#1,55922
1947#1,73319
1946#2,27111
1945#2,13111
1944#1,73816
1943#1,30828
1942#1,73017
1941#1,27627
1940#1,57319
1939#1,32325
1938#1,52120
1937#1,23329
1936#1,38423
1935#1,70817
1934#1,35725
1933#1,28127
1932#1,58420
1931#1,69318
1930#1,53323
1929#1,73119
1928#1,32330
1927#1,79619
1926#1,51524
1925#1,49325
1924#1,83919
1923#1,58923
1922#1,95217
1921#1,36030
1920#1,54324
1919#1,62421
1918#1,44625
1917#1,81517
1916#1,50522
1915#1,66018
1914#1,34220
1913#2,0928
1912#1,35313
1911#1,5376
1910#1,3147
1909#1,4405
1908#1,3735
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900#1,3105
1899#1,0515
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1896
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1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885#8366
1884
1883
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1881
1880
First appearance
1885

The first year at least five boys were named Braxton! It came in at #836, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Braxton
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#170#172)
  • 41 spots since 2020 (#131#172)
  • 51 spots since 2015 (#121#172)
  • Biggest jump: 238 spots in 1985 (#1,144#906)
  • Biggest drop: 48 spots in 1987 (#848#896)
Rise & fade · boys
132 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 2017 at #118 (3,352 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 42 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1985–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 552
  • Highest: 1 in 552 boys born in 2017 were named Braxton (0.18%)
  • Latest: 1 in 802 boys born in 2025 (0.12%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 46.1% of all boys named Braxton (30,332) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#836 (1885)#836
1890s5#1,051 (1899)#1,051
1900s15#1,310 (1900)#1,374
1910s157#1,314 (1910)#1,569
1920s230#1,323 (1928)#1,614
1930s227#1,233 (1937)#1,462
1940s191#1,276 (1941)#1,694
1950s166#1,547 (1957)#1,977
1960s166#1,439 (1961)#2,049
1970s265#1,633 (1979)#1,816
1980s872#800 (1989)#1,101
1990s5,079#324 (1998)#486
2000s13,905#174 (2009)#260
2010s30,332#118 (2017)#131
2020s14,215#131 (2020)#157

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Braxton in 2006

girls
#4,576
31 births · 1 in 61,329 girls
boys
#224
1,605 births · 1 in 1,281 boys

Top girls' names in 2006

  1. #1Emily21,412
  2. #2Emma19,133
  3. #3Madison18,635
  4. #4Isabella18,231
  5. #5Ava16,941
  6. #6Abigail15,633
  7. #7Olivia15,508
  8. #8Hannah14,556
  9. #9Sophia13,503
  10. #10Samantha12,470
  11. #4,576Braxton31

Top boys' names in 2006

  1. #1Jacob24,871
  2. #2Michael22,653
  3. #3Joshua22,336
  4. #4Ethan20,522
  5. #5Matthew20,339
  6. #6Daniel20,082
  7. #7Andrew19,733
  8. #8Christopher19,688
  9. #9Anthony19,413
  10. #10William18,965
  11. #224Braxton1,605
More about 2006

girls

1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 61,329 of them was named Braxton, which outranked 77.2% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Braxton
  1. #4,463Zamiyah32
  2. #4,463Zeina32
  3. #4,463Zyon32
  4. #4,576Braxton31
  5. #4,576Ailey31
  6. #4,576Ajla31
  7. #4,576Alaisha31
  8. #4,685Adalie30
  9. #4,685Agustina30
  10. #4,685Aisling30

Tied with 108 names at #4,576; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. 8,571Bethzy#9,452#881
  2. 1,747Rihanna#2,278#531
  3. 965Yaretzi#1,803#838
  4. 921Betsy#1,668#747
  5. 612Evangeline#1,210#598
Fallers
  1. 2,134Mikalah#806#2,940
  2. 1,275Jolette#954#2,229
  3. 756Karol#818#1,574
  4. 446Litzy#388#834
  5. 305Devon#963#1,268

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 1,281 of them was named Braxton, which outranked 98.4% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Braxton
  1. #221Taylor1,630
  2. #222Camden1,621
  3. #223Dillon1,610
  4. #224Braxton1,605
  5. #225Ruben1,597
  6. #226Clayton1,595
  7. #227Keegan1,594
Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. 792Bode#1,648#856
  2. 790Talen#1,691#901
  3. 677Kingston#1,603#926
  4. 634Imanol#1,619#985
  5. 590Yandel#1,266#676
Fallers
  1. 2,208Baby#945#3,153
  2. 609Kanye#892#1,501
  3. 442Amarion#628#1,070
  4. 308Omarion#420#728
  5. 224Johnpaul#739#963

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2006