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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #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
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1900—#1,3105
1899—#1,0515
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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.

Where Braxton is popular in 1964

No state had 5 or more boys named Braxton in 1964, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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 1964

boys
#1,975
17 births · 1 in 117,218 boys

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #1,975Braxton17
More about 1964

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 117,218 of them was named Braxton, which outranked 57.0% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Braxton
  1. #1,900Wilberto18
  2. #1,900Wilhelm18
  3. #1,900Zoltan18
  4. #1,975Braxton17
  5. #1,975Alen17
  6. #1,975Brenden17
  7. #1,975Bryson17
  8. #2,040Alexandro16
  9. #2,040Anne16
  10. #2,040Antonino16

Tied with 64 names at #1,975; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
  2. ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
  3. ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
  4. ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
  5. ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Fallers
  1. ↓ 286Farrell#886 → #1,172
  2. ↓ 283Tal#813 → #1,096
  3. ↓ 278Laura#921 → #1,199
  4. ↓ 272Pamela#947 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 270Huey#891 → #1,161

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

See the top 100 for 1964 →