Braxen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRAK-sun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Braxen is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “Bracca's settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Braxen mean?
English: spelling of Braxon, itself a variant of Braxton, an English place name and surname
“Bracca's settlement”
Braxton comes from an Old English place name joining a personal name with tun 'settlement'.
Meaning borrowed from Braxon.
Is Braxen a girl's or a boy's name?
Braxen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Braxen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Braxen, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
2025 had more boys named Braxen than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Braxen in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Braxen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
Nicknames for Braxen
Names like Braxen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brayden, Kayden, Brecken, Braylen, Boden, Deacon, Raiden, Aiden, Cannon, Finnegan, Rayden, Declan
Names related to Braxen
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Braxen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/braxen, updated 20 October 2026.