Boys' name · since 1990
Braxston
355 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.
- #9,671 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,394 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 355
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
355 babies have been named Braxston since 1990, making it today's #7394 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Braxston has been recorded 355 times among boys since 1990, currently ranked #7394 nationally and more common than 47% 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 1990 to 2025.
- #9,671 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,394 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 355 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Braxston ranks #9,671 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,394 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 355 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,671 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,394 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 355
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Braxston's 355 recorded births place it above 78.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
How Braxston compares
355 49th 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
Braxston's all-time total is 4% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Braxston | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 355 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 34 | 22,252 |
Braxston's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Braxston's full recorded timeline at 2011, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Braxston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Braxston by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (186 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Braxston's strongest decade.
186 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Braxston births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 31
1990s
31 births
- 2000s
2000s
84 births
- 2010s
2010s
186 births
- 2020s 54
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 186 births (52% 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 | 1.4% |
5 of 355 births nationwide.
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What to do with Braxston's data
- Braxston's decade-level peak was the 2010s (186 total births); usage has since declined to 54 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Braxstons (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
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 Braxston: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Braxston 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.