How rare is the name Braxton?

46,070 people in the United States have the first name Braxton, about 1 in 6,556. It ranks #956 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BRAXTON

#956

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
46,070
About
1 in 6,556
This common or more
69.4%
Who bears it

Of the 46,070 people named Braxton, 76.3% reported their origin as White, 9.8% as Black and 6.7% as two or more races. 98.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Braxton peaked in 2014, when 3,394 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18852025
Peak year
2014
Births that year
3,394
In 2025*
2,136 ▼37%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 66,654 babies have been given the name since 1885. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Braxton by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #229. The largest share of babies named Braxton, 55.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#2,9576
1890s#3,9395
1900s#3,90015
1910s#3,129157
1920s#3,181230
1930s#2,869227
1940s#3,476191
1950s#4,385166
1960s#4,858166
1970s#4,485265
1980s#2,363872
1990s#9105,257
2000s#47614,212
2010s#22930,602
2020s#28214,283
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.5%
Silent Generation 1928–450.6%
Baby boom 1946–640.5%
Generation X 1965–800.6%
Millennials 1981–965.3%
Generation Z 1997–1237%
2013 and later55.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Braxton is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Braxton has been most common in Utah (4.8×), Idaho (3.1×), and Wyoming (2.5×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.1×).

63,575 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Braxton

#954 Mohamed · 46,254#955 Antoinette · 46,137#957 Lacey · 46,058#958 Traci · 46,048

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Braxton, most common first.

#7,776 Brixton · 1,924#9,443 Braxtyn · 1,470#10,174 Braxten · 1,324#13,943 Bryston · 854#14,596 Brexton · 805#23,544 Briston · 415#23,816 Braxtin · 409#28,678 Broxton · 312

Also a last name

As a last name, Braxton ranks #2,997 of 156,621, with 11,749 people. See Braxton as a last name

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