Braxton
Braxton was given to 2,131 boys in 2025, #172 among boys’ names; 66,654 Americans have been recorded with it since 1885 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 65,100 Americans named Braxton and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (98% of everyone recorded); the median is 12 years old and half are between 7 and 19.
Braxton came back: it left the boys’ top 1,000 after 1885 and returned in 1985.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Braxton by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Braxton mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Braxton is “a male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.”
Perhaps a habitational surname from the village of Branxton, in Northumberland.
/ˈbɹækstən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Braxton?
#172 among boys’ names, 2025
Braxton fell from #121 in 2015 to #172 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 1.7 to 1.2 per 1,000.
3,394 babies in 2014, the peak
Braxton peaked in 2014, when 3,394 babies were given it (3,364 boys, #120 among boys’ names). The 2,136 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 63% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,131 | #172 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 2,176 | #170 | 1.3 |
| 2023 | 2,143 | #169 | 1.3 |
| 2022 | 2,397 | #156 | 1.4 |
| 2021 | 2,583 | #146 | 1.5 |
| 2020 | 2,785 | #131 | 1.6 |
| 2019 | 3,038 | #126 | 1.7 |
| 2018 | 3,016 | #130 | 1.7 |
| 2017 | 3,352 | #118 | 1.8 |
| 2016 | 3,315 | #125 | 1.7 |
Every recorded year (121)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,313 | #121 | 1.7 |
| 2014 | 3,364 | #120 | 1.8 |
| 2013 | 3,107 | #123 | 1.6 |
| 2012 | 3,018 | #125 | 1.6 |
| 2011 | 2,516 | #153 | 1.3 |
| 2010 | 2,293 | #170 | 1.2 |
| 2009 | 2,241 | #174 | 1.1 |
| 2008 | 1,940 | #202 | 1.0 |
| 2007 | 1,773 | #216 | 0.85 |
| 2006 | 1,605 | #224 | 0.78 |
| 2005 | 1,316 | #249 | 0.66 |
| 2004 | 1,581 | #220 | 0.80 |
| 2003 | 1,004 | #301 | 0.51 |
| 2002 | 837 | #328 | 0.43 |
| 2001 | 794 | #345 | 0.41 |
| 2000 | 814 | #337 | 0.41 |
| 1999 | 820 | #331 | 0.43 |
| 1998 | 837 | #324 | 0.44 |
| 1997 | 783 | #333 | 0.42 |
| 1996 | 593 | #398 | 0.31 |
| 1995 | 527 | #434 | 0.28 |
| 1994 | 507 | #444 | 0.26 |
| 1993 | 327 | #565 | 0.17 |
| 1992 | 254 | #645 | 0.13 |
| 1991 | 230 | #666 | 0.11 |
| 1990 | 201 | #714 | 0.10 |
| 1989 | 155 | #797 | 0.08 |
| 1988 | 136 | #812 | 0.07 |
| 1987 | 109 | #896 | 0.06 |
| 1986 | 114 | #848 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 100 | #907 | 0.05 |
| 1984 | 63 | #1,145 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 72 | #1,040 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 50 | #1,320 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 39 | #1,549 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 34 | #1,697 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 35 | #1,636 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 32 | #1,693 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 25 | #1,954 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 30 | #1,714 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,662 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 29 | #1,665 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 21 | #1,987 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,090 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 23 | #1,870 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 21 | #1,943 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,320 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,210 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,148 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,894 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,281 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 17 | #1,975 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,968 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 14 | #2,202 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 31 | #1,440 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,135 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 22 | #1,723 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,273 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 26 | #1,548 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 13 | #2,277 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,312 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,837 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,298 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,865 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 18 | #1,780 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,946 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 21 | #1,620 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 22 | #1,564 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 19 | #1,739 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,284 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,138 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 16 | #1,745 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 28 | #1,309 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,739 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,276 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,578 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,323 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,525 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 29 | #1,237 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 23 | #1,389 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,714 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 25 | #1,363 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,281 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,594 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,700 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,538 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,739 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 30 | #1,324 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 19 | #1,806 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 24 | #1,519 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 25 | #1,499 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 19 | #1,848 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,597 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 17 | #1,958 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 30 | #1,365 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,546 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,635 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,450 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,818 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 22 | #1,510 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,667 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,347 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,111 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,366 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,558 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,328 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,478 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,399 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,336 | 0.03 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,066 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 6 | #845 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Braxton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 66,654 Americans recorded as Braxton, 1% are girls and 99% boys. In 2025 it went to 5 girls and 2,131 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Braxton: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Braxton, and how old are they?
65,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 98% of the 66,654 Americans ever recorded as Braxton. The median Braxton alive today is 12 years old; half are between 7 and 19.
The 2020 Census counted 46,070 people named Braxton (691 women and girls, 45,379 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 51,826 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 72 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 221 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 331 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,400 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 24,300 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 36,700 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Braxton born?
The states with the most babies named Braxton are Texas, Ohio and California, with 23% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 192 | #205 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 169 | #65 | 1.6× |
| California | 124 | #298 | 0.3× |
| Florida | 114 | #191 | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 92 | #129 | 1.2× |
| Tennessee | 77 | #122 | 1.9× |
| North Carolina | 73 | #172 | 1.4× |
| Michigan | 72 | #140 | 0.8× |
| Missouri | 65 | #104 | 1.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 65 | #194 | 0.6× |
Where Braxton is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Braxton is most over-represented in West Virginia: since 1910 it was given 2.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Braxton with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 71,762 babies since 1880, Braxton is the most given (93% of them). In 2025 it was given to 2,136 of their 2,294 babies (93%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Braxton
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Braxton and names like it
- Compare Braxton and BraxtynBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sBraxton peaked in 2014.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Braxton since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Braxton: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2014The year the most babies were named Braxton.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Braxton alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with BMost given first.