Braxton is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #315 for boy births in the United States, given to 2,136 babies. Braxton first appears in the data in 1885 and reached its peak in 2014 (3,394 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,136 | #315 |
| 2024 | 2,191 | #317 |
| 2023 | 2,154 | #310 |
| 2022 | 2,413 | #284 |
| 2021 | 2,591 | #268 |
| 2020 | 2,798 | #238 |
| 2019 | 3,049 | #228 |
| 2018 | 3,037 | #230 |
| 2017 | 3,382 | #208 |
| 2016 | 3,346 | #218 |
| 2015 | 3,341 | #214 |
| 2014 | 3,394 | #216 |
| 2013 | 3,144 | #225 |
| 2012 | 3,045 | #227 |
| 2011 | 2,544 | #281 |
| 2010 | 2,320 | #305 |
| 2009 | 2,267 | #315 |
| 2008 | 1,956 | #373 |
| 2007 | 1,801 | #403 |
| 2006 | 1,636 | #435 |
| 2005 | 1,344 | #491 |
| 2004 | 1,634 | #424 |
| 2003 | 1,034 | #596 |
| 2002 | 869 | #664 |
| 2001 | 829 | #688 |
| 2000 | 842 | #683 |
| 1999 | 855 | #673 |
| 1998 | 875 | #646 |
| 1997 | 819 | #663 |
| 1996 | 618 | #788 |
| 1995 | 554 | #861 |
| 1994 | 524 | #908 |
| 1993 | 327 | #1,230 |
| 1992 | 254 | #1,414 |
| 1991 | 230 | #1,505 |
| 1990 | 201 | #1,627 |
| 1989 | 155 | #1,846 |
| 1988 | 136 | #1,897 |
| 1987 | 109 | #2,115 |
| 1986 | 114 | #2,006 |
| 1985 | 100 | #2,153 |
| 1984 | 63 | #2,774 |
| 1983 | 72 | #2,509 |
| 1982 | 50 | #3,232 |
| 1981 | 39 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 34 | #4,239 |
| 1979 | 35 | #4,062 |
| 1978 | 32 | #4,142 |
| 1977 | 25 | #4,823 |
| 1976 | 30 | #4,123 |
| 1975 | 30 | #4,054 |
| 1974 | 29 | #4,043 |
| 1973 | 21 | #4,879 |
| 1972 | 19 | #5,084 |
| 1971 | 23 | #4,587 |
| 1970 | 21 | #4,774 |
| 1969 | 14 | #5,705 |
| 1968 | 14 | #5,466 |
| 1967 | 14 | #5,290 |
| 1966 | 17 | #4,653 |
| 1965 | 13 | #5,448 |
| 1964 | 17 | #4,796 |
| 1963 | 17 | #4,724 |
| 1962 | 14 | #5,272 |
| 1961 | 31 | #3,387 |
| 1960 | 15 | #4,981 |
| 1959 | 22 | #3,923 |
| 1958 | 13 | #5,237 |
| 1957 | 26 | #3,542 |
| 1956 | 13 | #5,206 |
| 1955 | 12 | #5,326 |
| 1954 | 18 | #4,160 |
| 1953 | 12 | #5,202 |
| 1952 | 17 | #4,180 |
| 1951 | 18 | #3,932 |
| 1950 | 15 | #4,346 |
| 1949 | 21 | #3,551 |
| 1948 | 22 | #3,446 |
| 1947 | 19 | #3,796 |
| 1946 | 11 | #4,931 |
| 1945 | 11 | #4,543 |
| 1944 | 16 | #3,717 |
| 1943 | 28 | #2,758 |
| 1942 | 17 | #3,628 |
| 1941 | 27 | #2,643 |
| 1940 | 19 | #3,227 |
| 1939 | 25 | #2,687 |
| 1938 | 20 | #3,102 |
| 1937 | 29 | #2,472 |
| 1936 | 23 | #2,787 |
| 1935 | 17 | #3,411 |
| 1934 | 25 | #2,721 |
| 1933 | 27 | #2,556 |
| 1932 | 20 | #3,159 |
| 1931 | 18 | #3,353 |
| 1930 | 23 | #2,999 |
| 1929 | 19 | #3,427 |
| 1928 | 30 | #2,601 |
| 1927 | 19 | #3,595 |
| 1926 | 24 | #3,076 |
| 1925 | 25 | #3,037 |
| 1924 | 19 | #3,696 |
| 1923 | 23 | #3,213 |
| 1922 | 17 | #3,936 |
| 1921 | 30 | #2,743 |
| 1920 | 24 | #3,119 |
| 1919 | 21 | #3,268 |
| 1918 | 25 | #2,928 |
| 1917 | 17 | #3,664 |
| 1916 | 22 | #3,005 |
| 1915 | 18 | #3,293 |
| 1914 | 20 | #2,689 |
| 1913 | 8 | #4,097 |
| 1912 | 13 | #2,773 |
| 1911 | 6 | #3,502 |
| 1910 | 7 | #3,057 |
| 1909 | 5 | #3,454 |
| 1908 | 5 | #3,284 |
| 1900 | 5 | #3,092 |
| 1899 | 5 | #2,567 |
| 1885 | 6 | #1,852 |