Braxley — #7623 US boys' name
211 babies named Braxley in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 46% of names given to boys today.
54% of everyone ever named Braxley was born in this single decade.
38 babies were named Braxley in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Braxley
The Social Security Administration has registered 211 babies named Braxley between 2012 and 2024, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Braxley currently holds the #7623 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 38 babies received it in a single year. Braxley is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 49 additional births since 2015.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Braxley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 113 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Braxley shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Braxley in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Braxley in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 211 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Braxley at a glance
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Current rank
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Braxley popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2012
- Peak year (2018)
- 38
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
Currently ranks #7623 among boys.
211 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 38 births in a single year.
Braxley popularity over time — girls
49 total births recorded since 2015 (Braxley as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Braxley accounts for 19% of total recorded use across both genders.
Braxley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 113 births that decade — 54% of Braxley's all-time total
Braxley decade highlights
- Peak decade 113 births
- Runner-up 98 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Braxley's strongest decade
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Braxley by state
Where Braxley concentrates geographically — total births since 2012
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 8 | 3.8% |
8 of 211 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2012–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.