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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |