Braxson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRAK-sun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Braxson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “Bracca's settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Braxson 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 Braxson a girl's or a boy's name?
Braxson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Braxson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Braxson, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 2011.
Half of all the boys named Braxson in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Braxson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
Nicknames for Braxson
Names like Braxson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brixton Deacon Sevyn Colson Boden Dutton Baker Wesson Cannon Boston Hudson Brewer
Names related to Braxson
More English names
Lily Evelyn Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel
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, “Braxson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/braxson, updated 20 October 2026.