Braxston — #7950 US boys' name
344 babies named Braxston in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 44% of names given to boys today.
54% of everyone ever named Braxston was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Braxston in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Braxston
The Social Security Administration has registered 344 babies named Braxston between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Braxston currently holds the #7950 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Braxston performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 186 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Braxston shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Braxston in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Braxston 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 344 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.
Braxston at a glance
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Current rank
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Braxston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1990
- Peak year (2012)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
Currently ranks #7950 among boys.
344 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 25 births in a single year.
Braxston by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 186 births that decade — 54% of Braxston's all-time total
Braxston decade highlights
- Peak decade 186 births
- Runner-up 84 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Braxston's strongest decade
186 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Braxston by state
Where Braxston concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.5% |
5 of 344 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 1.5% 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, 1990–2024 (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.