Braxton
Braxton is ranked 170th among boys in 2024 (2,168 births). Its best rank was 118th, in 2017.
- Rank in 2024
- #170down 1 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2,1680.13% of boys
- Peak year
- 20143,363 births
- Best rank
- #118in 2017
- Since 1885
- 63,667people given the name
The story in the numbers
63,667 boys have been named Braxton in the United States since 1885, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 3,363 births — 0.18% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 120 → 170).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2013, and the 2010s alone account for 48%. It has spent 41 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Braxton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | |
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 15 | |
| 1910s | 157 | |
| 1920s | 230 | |
| 1930s | 227 | |
| 1940s | 191 | |
| 1950s | 166 | |
| 1960s | 166 | |
| 1970s | 265 | |
| 1980s | 872 | |
| 1990s | 5,079 | |
| 2000s | 13,905 | |
| 2010s | 30,323 | |
| 2020s | 12,060 |
In 2014, its biggest year
Braxton was the 120th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2014 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2014.
Names that rose and fell with Braxton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Arjunpeak 2014
- Brysonpeak 2017
- Josiahpeak 2017
- Aamirpeak 2015
- Wyattpeak 2017
- Cannonpeak 2021
- Viktorpeak 2018
- Tytuspeak 2012
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.