Meaning not yet researched.
Braxton: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,131 in 2025. Its best rank was #118 in 2017.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #118 in 2017; #172 in 2025. About 99.7% of babies named Braxton in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#172 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2017, at #118.
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Braxton: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,131 boys in 2025. Peak: #118 in 2017 · most boys in one year: 3,364 (2014).
In 2025, 2,131 US boys were named Braxton, making it the 172nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 2 places from #170 in 2024. That is 45 fewer than the 2,176 boys named Braxton in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #118, reached in 2017. The most boys given the name in a single year was 3,364, in 2014. For comparison, it was #121 in 2015 and #1,947 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Braxton in 121 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1885 with 6 babies. In all, 66,654 US babies have been given the name, 1.2% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 30,602 babies named Braxton.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 26,936 US boys were named Braxton; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 3,352. In 2025 that was about 1 in 802 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Braxton ranked highest in Arkansas in 2025, at #62 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 9 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Braxtyn (2,446 babies since 1880) and Braxten (1,869 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Braxtin, Braxston and Braxtynn are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Braxtin (541), Braxston (355), Braxtynn (68), Braxtan (32), Braxstyn (17), Braxsten (6).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Braxton in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 3 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 47 | #62 | #42 |
| Ohio | 169 | #65 | #56 |
| West Virginia | 25 | #71 | #27 |
| Montana | 15 | #78 | #110 |
| Vermont | 6 | #83 | — |
| Louisiana | 54 | #89 | #61 |
| Hawaii | 10 | #92 | #123 |
| Kentucky | 54 | #98 | #47 |
| Nebraska | 25 | #99 | #38 |
| Missouri | 65 | #104 | #68 |
| Iowa | 35 | #108 | #36 |
| New Hampshire | 13 | #111 | — |
| Alaska | 7 | #114 | — |
| Kansas | 33 | #115 | #53 |
| Mississippi | 27 | #118 | #35 |
| Tennessee | 77 | #122 | #49 |
| Oklahoma | 37 | #125 | #52 |
| Georgia | 92 | #129 | #106 |
| Michigan | 72 | #140 | #119 |
| Arizona | 63 | #142 | #195 |
| Delaware | 7 | #144 | #175 |
| Oregon | 28 | #144 | #163 |
| South Carolina | 39 | #145 | #85 |
| New Mexico | 13 | #149 | #356 |
| Minnesota | 43 | #150 | #126 |
| South Dakota | 9 | #151 | #65 |
| Alabama | 38 | #151 | #55 |
| Indiana | 53 | #154 | #59 |
| Virginia | 55 | #163 | #162 |
| Wisconsin | 37 | #170 | #103 |
| North Carolina | 73 | #172 | #102 |
| Nevada | 17 | #174 | #189 |
| Idaho | 15 | #175 | #77 |
| Maine | 7 | #177 | — |
| Florida | 114 | #191 | #182 |
| Colorado | 36 | #192 | #194 |
| Pennsylvania | 65 | #194 | #145 |
| North Dakota | 6 | #196 | #61 |
| Washington | 41 | #201 | #161 |
| Texas | 192 | #205 | #157 |
| Maryland | 28 | #209 | #211 |
| Illinois | 50 | #237 | #180 |
| Utah | 17 | #288 | #106 |
| California | 124 | #298 | #374 |
| Massachusetts | 17 | #321 | #514 |
| New Jersey | 21 | #380 | #482 |
| New York | 46 | #385 | #451 |
| Connecticut | 7 | #387 | #397 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #15,322 | 2,131 | #172 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,308 | 2,176 | #170 |
| 2023 | 11 | #9,088 | 2,143 | #169 |
| 2022 | 16 | #7,038 | 2,397 | #156 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,295 | 2,583 | #146 |
| 2020 | 13 | #8,048 | 2,785 | #131 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,226 | 3,038 | #126 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,818 | 3,016 | #130 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,598 | 3,352 | #118 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,546 | 3,315 | #125 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,880 | 3,313 | #121 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,676 | 3,364 | #120 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,014 | 3,107 | #123 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,130 | 3,018 | #125 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,942 | 2,516 | #153 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,128 | 2,293 | #170 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,411 | 2,241 | #174 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,799 | 1,940 | #202 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,117 | 1,773 | #216 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,593 | 1,605 | #224 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,724 | 1,316 | #249 |
| 2004 | 53 | #2,970 | 1,581 | #220 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,324 | 1,004 | #301 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,990 | 837 | #328 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,716 | 794 | #345 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,309 | 814 | #337 |
| 1999 | 35 | #3,515 | 820 | #331 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,234 | 837 | #324 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,229 | 783 | #333 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,197 | 593 | #398 |
| 1995 | 27 | #3,894 | 527 | #434 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,474 | 507 | #444 |
| 1993 | — | — | 327 | #566 |
| 1992 | — | — | 254 | #647 |
| 1991 | — | — | 230 | #668 |
| 1990 | — | — | 201 | #717 |
| 1989 | — | — | 155 | #800 |
| 1988 | — | — | 136 | #813 |
| 1987 | — | — | 109 | #897 |
| 1986 | — | — | 114 | #848 |
| 1985 | — | — | 100 | #907 |
| 1984 | — | — | 63 | #1,146 |
| 1983 | — | — | 72 | #1,040 |
| 1982 | — | — | 50 | #1,321 |
| 1981 | — | — | 39 | #1,550 |
| 1980 | — | — | 34 | #1,697 |
| 1979 | — | — | 35 | #1,636 |
| 1978 | — | — | 32 | #1,693 |
| 1977 | — | — | 25 | #1,954 |
| 1976 | — | — | 30 | #1,715 |
| 1975 | — | — | 30 | #1,663 |
| 1974 | — | — | 29 | #1,665 |
| 1973 | — | — | 21 | #1,988 |
| 1972 | — | — | 19 | #2,090 |
| 1971 | — | — | 23 | #1,871 |
| 1970 | — | — | 21 | #1,944 |
| 1969 | — | — | 14 | #2,321 |
| 1968 | — | — | 14 | #2,211 |
| 1967 | — | — | 14 | #2,149 |
| 1966 | — | — | 17 | #1,895 |
| 1965 | — | — | 13 | #2,282 |
| 1964 | — | — | 17 | #1,976 |
| 1963 | — | — | 17 | #1,969 |
| 1962 | — | — | 14 | #2,203 |
| 1961 | — | — | 31 | #1,441 |
| 1960 | — | — | 15 | #2,136 |
| 1959 | — | — | 22 | #1,724 |
| 1958 | — | — | 13 | #2,274 |
| 1957 | — | — | 26 | #1,549 |
| 1956 | — | — | 13 | #2,278 |
| 1955 | — | — | 12 | #2,313 |
| 1954 | — | — | 18 | #1,838 |
| 1953 | — | — | 12 | #2,299 |
| 1952 | — | — | 17 | #1,866 |
| 1951 | — | — | 18 | #1,781 |
| 1950 | — | — | 15 | #1,947 |
| 1949 | — | — | 21 | #1,621 |
| 1948 | — | — | 22 | #1,565 |
| 1947 | — | — | 19 | #1,740 |
| 1946 | — | — | 11 | #2,285 |
| 1945 | — | — | 11 | #2,139 |
| 1944 | — | — | 16 | #1,746 |
| 1943 | — | — | 28 | #1,310 |
| 1942 | — | — | 17 | #1,739 |
| 1941 | — | — | 27 | #1,276 |
| 1940 | — | — | 19 | #1,578 |
| 1939 | — | — | 25 | #1,323 |
| 1938 | — | — | 20 | #1,525 |
| 1937 | — | — | 29 | #1,237 |
| 1936 | — | — | 23 | #1,389 |
| 1935 | — | — | 17 | #1,714 |
| 1934 | — | — | 25 | #1,363 |
| 1933 | — | — | 27 | #1,281 |
| 1932 | — | — | 20 | #1,594 |
| 1931 | — | — | 18 | #1,700 |
| 1930 | — | — | 23 | #1,538 |
| 1929 | — | — | 19 | #1,739 |
| 1928 | — | — | 30 | #1,324 |
| 1927 | — | — | 19 | #1,806 |
| 1926 | — | — | 24 | #1,519 |
| 1925 | — | — | 25 | #1,499 |
| 1924 | — | — | 19 | #1,848 |
| 1923 | — | — | 23 | #1,598 |
| 1922 | — | — | 17 | #1,959 |
| 1921 | — | — | 30 | #1,365 |
| 1920 | — | — | 24 | #1,546 |
| 1919 | — | — | 21 | #1,636 |
| 1918 | — | — | 25 | #1,451 |
| 1917 | — | — | 17 | #1,819 |
| 1916 | — | — | 22 | #1,511 |
| 1915 | — | — | 18 | #1,668 |
| 1914 | — | — | 20 | #1,347 |
| 1913 | — | — | 8 | #2,112 |
| 1912 | — | — | 13 | #1,367 |
| 1911 | — | — | 6 | #1,559 |
| 1910 | — | — | 7 | #1,329 |
| 1909 | — | — | 5 | #1,479 |
| 1908 | — | — | 5 | #1,401 |
| 1900 | — | — | 5 | #1,338 |
| 1899 | — | — | 5 | #1,067 |
| 1885 | — | — | 6 | #846 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).