Braxton
Boy · BRAKS-ton · English
Braxton is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 172nd for boys in the US (2,131 babies).
Where does Braxton come from?
English: surname and place name
- Say it
- BRAKS-ton
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Is Braxton a girl's or a boy's name?
Braxton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 2,131 boys in the US.
How popular is Braxton in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,771among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Braxton, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 914th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 87 boys.
Half of all the boys named Braxton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales and 395th in Northern Ireland.
Braxton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,454 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,312 |
| 2021 | 30 | #1,064 |
| 2020 | 35 | #914 |
| 2019 | 33 | #970 |
| 2018 | 34 | #966 |
| 2017 | 58 | #675 |
| 2016 | 65 | #618 |
| 2015 | 79 | #545 |
| 2014 | 71 | #577 |
| 2013 | 87 | #495 |
| 2012 | 73 | #558 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,293 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
How popular is Braxton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #172among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 2,131about 1 in 800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.7%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 2,131 boys in the US were named Braxton, making it the 172nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 131st. Its busiest year was 2014, with 3,364 boys. It first appears in the records in 1885. 5 girls were also named Braxton in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Braxton than any year since 2008.
Half of all the boys named Braxton in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,293 boys in the US were given Braxton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #180.
Braxton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,131 | #172 |
| 2024 | 2,176 | #170 |
| 2023 | 2,143 | #169 |
| 2022 | 2,397 | #156 |
| 2021 | 2,583 | #146 |
| 2020 | 2,785 | #131 |
| 2019 | 3,038 | #126 |
| 2018 | 3,016 | #130 |
| 2017 | 3,352 | #118 |
| 2016 | 3,315 | #125 |
| 2015 | 3,313 | #121 |
| 2014 | 3,364 | #120 |
| 2013 | 3,107 | #123 |
| 2012 | 3,018 | #125 |
| 2011 | 2,516 | #153 |
| 2010 | 2,293 | #170 |
| 2009 | 2,241 | #174 |
| 2008 | 1,940 | #202 |
| 2007 | 1,773 | #216 |
| 2006 | 1,605 | #224 |
| 2005 | 1,316 | #249 |
| 2004 | 1,581 | #220 |
| 2003 | 1,004 | #301 |
| 2002 | 837 | #328 |
| 2001 | 794 | #345 |
| 2000 | 814 | #337 |
| 1999 | 820 | #331 |
| 1998 | 837 | #324 |
| 1997 | 783 | #333 |
| 1996 | 593 | #398 |
| 1995 | 527 | #434 |
| 1994 | 507 | #444 |
| 1993 | 327 | #564 |
| 1992 | 254 | #645 |
| 1991 | 230 | #665 |
| 1990 | 201 | #714 |
| 1989 | 155 | #797 |
| 1988 | 136 | #812 |
| 1987 | 109 | #895 |
| 1986 | 114 | #848 |
| 1985 | 100 | #906 |
| 1984 | 63 | #1,143 |
| 1983 | 72 | #1,040 |
| 1982 | 50 | #1,319 |
| 1981 | 39 | #1,547 |
| 1980 | 34 | #1,695 |
| 1979 | 35 | #1,633 |
| 1978 | 32 | #1,688 |
| 1977 | 25 | #1,948 |
| 1976 | 30 | #1,710 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,657 |
| 1974 | 29 | #1,659 |
| 1973 | 21 | #1,981 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,080 |
| 1971 | 23 | #1,861 |
| 1970 | 21 | #1,938 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,307 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,890 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,269 |
| 1964 | 17 | #1,974 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1962 | 14 | #2,185 |
| 1961 | 31 | #1,438 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,120 |
| 1959 | 22 | #1,708 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 26 | #1,546 |
| 1956 | 13 | #2,261 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,825 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,286 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,855 |
| 1951 | 18 | #1,773 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1949 | 21 | #1,615 |
| 1948 | 22 | #1,558 |
| 1947 | 19 | #1,732 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,270 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,130 |
| 1944 | 16 | #1,737 |
| 1943 | 28 | #1,307 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,730 |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,276 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,323 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,521 |
| 1937 | 29 | #1,233 |
| 1936 | 23 | #1,384 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,708 |
| 1934 | 25 | #1,357 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,281 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,584 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,693 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,533 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,731 |
| 1928 | 30 | #1,323 |
| 1927 | 19 | #1,796 |
| 1926 | 24 | #1,515 |
| 1925 | 25 | #1,493 |
| 1924 | 19 | #1,839 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,588 |
| 1922 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1921 | 30 | #1,360 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,543 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,623 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,445 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1916 | 22 | #1,504 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,659 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,352 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,313 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 6 | #835 |
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