Boys' name · since 2006
Braxen
Braxen has 105 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,070 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,258 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 105
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Braxen currently ranks #10258 among boys' names in America, with 105 babies recorded since 2006.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Braxen has been recorded 105 times among boys since 2006, currently ranked #10258 nationally and more common than 26% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #17,070 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,258 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 105 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Braxen ranks #17,070 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,258 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 105 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,070 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,258 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 105
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Braxen's 105 recorded births place it above 62.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Braxen compares
105 27th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Braxen's all-time total is 72% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Braxen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 105 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Braxen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Braxen's full recorded timeline at 2014, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Braxen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Braxen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (64 births, 61% of the file).
2010s was Braxen's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Braxen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
64 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 64 births (61% of all-time use).
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What to do with Braxen's data
- Braxen's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (64 total births) through the 2020s (23) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Braxen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~19 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2006–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Braxen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.