Braxton
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About Braxton
The name Braxton is currently ranked #172 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #118 in 2017. The name is most popular in West Virginia, West Virginia, and West Virginia. Braxton is occasionally used for girls in 2025.
2 syllables.
As of September 2026, Braxton ranked #172 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #118 in 2017.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #120 | 3,363 | 1,750.8 |
| 2015 | #121 | 3,312 | 1,727.9 |
| 2016 | #125 | 3,313 | 1,745.8 |
| 2017 | #118 | 3,351 | 1,810.4 |
| 2018 | #130 | 3,015 | 1,660.1 |
| 2019 | #126 | 3,036 | 1,692.1 |
| 2020 | #131 | 2,782 | 1,611.7 |
| 2021 | #146 | 2,579 | 1,474.2 |
| 2022 | #156 | 2,393 | 1,370.6 |
| 2023 | #169 | 2,138 | 1,249.9 |
| 2024 | #170 | 2,168 | 1,258.4 |
| 2025 | #172 | 2,131 | 1,247.6 |
World rankings
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Famous Braxtons
- Braxton Bragg
American Confederate Civil War general
- Braxton Marcellus Miller
American NFL player
- Braxton Sutter
ring name of Jesse Guilmette, American pro wrestler
- Braxton Garrett
American baseball pitcher
- Braxton Olita
American pop singer
- Braxton Hamels (b. 2011)
son of baseball player Cole Hamels
Braxton in pop culture
- Braxton Bragg Underwood
character in Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" [Mr. Underwood, a profane little man, whose father in a fey fit of humor christened Braxton Bragg, a name Mr. Underwood had done his best to live down. Atticus said naming people after Confederate generals made slow steady drinkers.']
- Braxton Prendergast
villain in Jo March's Operatic Tragedy in "Little Women the Musical"
- Darryl "Brax
" Heath and Casey Braxton, character on Australian soap "Home and Away"
- Braxton Hicks contractions
false labor or practice contractions