Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Braxton

#422 most common boys' name of all time · #924 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1885–2025

Rank among boys
#422
Rank overall
#924 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
121 of 146
All-time
66,654
Since 2016
27,097
Peak year
2014 #120
Best rank
#118 2017
Girls Boys peak 3,394/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Braxton first appears in 1885. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5 2,131 2,136 #172
2024 15 2,176 2,191 #170
2023 11 2,143 2,154 #169
2022 16 2,397 2,413 #156
2021 8 2,583 2,591 #146
2020 13 2,785 2,798 #131
2019 11 3,038 3,049 #126
2018 21 3,016 3,037 #130
2017 30 3,352 3,382 #118
2016 31 3,315 3,346 #125
2015 28 3,313 3,341 #121
2014 30 3,364 3,394 #120
2013 37 3,107 3,144 #123
2012 27 3,018 3,045 #125
2011 28 2,516 2,544 #153
2010 27 2,293 2,320 #170
2009 26 2,241 2,267 #174
2008 16 1,940 1,956 #202
2007 28 1,773 1,801 #216
2006 31 1,605 1,636 #224
2005 28 1,316 1,344 #249
2004 53 1,581 1,634 #221
2003 30 1,004 1,034 #301
2002 32 837 869 #328
2001 35 794 829 #345
2000 28 814 842 #337
1999 35 820 855 #331
1998 38 837 875 #324
1997 36 783 819 #333
1996 25 593 618 #399
1995 27 527 554 #435
1994 17 507 524 #444
1993 327 327 #566
1992 254 254 #649
1991 230 230 #669
1990 201 201 #717
1989 155 155 #800
1988 136 136 #813
1987 109 109 #901
1986 114 114 #850
1985 100 100 #907
1984 63 63 #1,145
1983 72 72 #1,044
1982 50 50 #1,325
1981 39 39 #1,554
1980 34 34 #1,703
1979 35 35 #1,640
1978 32 32 #1,696
1977 25 25 #1,965
1976 30 30 #1,718
1975 30 30 #1,668
1974 29 29 #1,668
1973 21 21 #1,995
1972 19 19 #2,099
1971 23 23 #1,871
1970 21 21 #1,954
1969 14 14 #2,327
1968 14 14 #2,227
1967 14 14 #2,165
1966 17 17 #1,911
1965 13 13 #2,296
1964 17 17 #1,995
1963 17 17 #1,984
1962 14 14 #2,207
1961 31 31 #1,446
1960 15 15 #2,146
1959 22 22 #1,723
1958 13 13 #2,290
1957 26 26 #1,556
1956 13 13 #2,290
1955 12 12 #2,340
1954 18 18 #1,847
1953 12 12 #2,315
1952 17 17 #1,881
1951 18 18 #1,793
1950 15 15 #1,962
1949 21 21 #1,635
1948 22 22 #1,577
1947 19 19 #1,756
1946 11 11 #2,303
1945 11 11 #2,161
1944 16 16 #1,764
1943 28 28 #1,323
1942 17 17 #1,753
1941 27 27 #1,283
1940 19 19 #1,591
1939 25 25 #1,338
1938 20 20 #1,534
1937 29 29 #1,242
1936 23 23 #1,401
1935 17 17 #1,729
1934 25 25 #1,374
1933 27 27 #1,297
1932 20 20 #1,605
1931 18 18 #1,723
1930 23 23 #1,545
1929 19 19 #1,753
1928 30 30 #1,338
1927 19 19 #1,825
1926 24 24 #1,541
1925 25 25 #1,513
1924 19 19 #1,862
1923 23 23 #1,606
1922 17 17 #1,977
1921 30 30 #1,373
1920 24 24 #1,568
1919 21 21 #1,647
1918 25 25 #1,472
1917 17 17 #1,850
1916 22 22 #1,519
1915 18 18 #1,674
1914 20 20 #1,369
1913 8 8 #2,144
1912 13 13 #1,383
1911 6 6 #1,626
1910 7 7 #1,374
1909 5 5 #1,551
1908 5 5 #1,467
1900 5 5 #1,414
1899 5 5 #1,146
1885 6 6 #915