Braxton — #170 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Braxton

The Social Security Administration has registered 63,667 babies named Braxton between 1885 and 2024, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Braxton currently holds the #170 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 3,363 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Braxton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 30,323 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Braxton shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5,052 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Braxton in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Braxton 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 63,667 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.