NameTides

Braxton

Braxton was the #172 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,131 babies), and #2,014 in England & Wales and #365 in Canada.

Braxton as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Braxton as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaNorthern IrelandIrelandEngland & Wales
Braxton as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#172 (2,131)#2,014 (12)—#395 (3)#577 (5)#365 (89)——
2024#170 (2,176)#2,089 (11)——#655 (4)#352 (93)——
2023#169 (2,143)#1,461 (17)———#376 (79)——
2022#156 (2,397)#1,314 (20)——#509 (6)#306 (104)——
2021#146 (2,583)#1,078 (26)#605 (4)—#552 (5)#289 (120)——
2020#131 (2,785)#856 (34)——#496 (6)#254 (130)——
2019#126 (3,038)#952 (30)#701 (3)—#466 (7)#275 (125)——
2018#130 (3,016)#919 (32)——#369 (10)#294 (115)——
2017#118 (3,352)#730 (47)#442 (7)#363 (4)#336 (12)#296 (120)——
2016#125 (3,315)#608 (59)#486 (6)—#491 (6)#319 (108)——
2015#121 (3,313)#543 (70)#470 (6)#415 (3)#329 (13)#324 (103)#74 (130)—
2014#120 (3,364)#605 (58)#378 (9)#346 (4)#314 (14)#319 (104)#72 (144)—
2013#123 (3,107)#497 (76)#399 (8)#398 (3)#352 (11)#351 (84)#50 (195)#73 (90)
2012#125 (3,018)#569 (63)#434 (7)#403 (3)#324 (13)#348 (87)#44 (212)#77 (90)
2011#153 (2,516)#1,398 (17)#544 (4)—#623 (4)#305 (101)#92 (114)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #118.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1885.

How common is it?

about 1 in 800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 800common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Braxton is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 860 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 800 to 1 in 930.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Braxton by state, 2025Alaska: #110AKMaine: #172MEWisconsin: #169WIVermont: #80VTNew Hampshire: #110NHWashington: #200WAIdaho: #173IDMontana: #76MTNorth Dakota: #191NDMinnesota: #149MNIllinois: #237ILMichigan: #140MINew York: #382NYMassachusetts: #318MAOregon: #143ORNevada: #171NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #145SDIowa: #108IAIndiana: #154INOhio: #65OHPennsylvania: #194PANew Jersey: #377NJConnecticut: #382CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #297CAUtah: #288UTColorado: #191CONebraska: #98NEMissouri: #103MOKentucky: #98KYWest Virginia: #71WVVirginia: #163VAMaryland: #208MDDelaware: #142DEArizona: #141AZNew Mexico: #148NMKansas: #114KSArkansas: #62ARTennessee: #122TNNorth Carolina: #172NCSouth Carolina: #143SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #123OKLouisiana: #88LAMississippi: #117MSAlabama: #151ALGeorgia: #129GAHawaii: #90HITexas: #205TXFlorida: #191FL
Braxton (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#38734
Quebec2025#7165

Braxton (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BraxtonCanadaBoys#36589
BraxtonEngland & WalesBoys#2,01412
BraxtonIrelandBoys#5775
BraxtonNorthern IrelandBoys#3953
BraxtonNSWBoys—too few
BraxtonScotlandBoys—too few
BraxtonUSGirls#14,9425
BraxtonUSBoys#1722,131
BraxtonVICBoys—too few