# Braxton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/braxton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɹækstən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 66,654 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 65,831 / 823 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 587, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Perhaps a habitational surname from the village of Branxton, in Northumberland.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 4,942 |
| 2012 | 27 | 5,130 |
| 2013 | 37 | 4,014 |
| 2014 | 30 | 4,676 |
| 2015 | 28 | 4,880 |
| 2016 | 31 | 4,546 |
| 2017 | 30 | 4,598 |
| 2018 | 21 | 5,818 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,226 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8,048 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,295 |
| 2022 | 16 | 7,038 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9,088 |
| 2024 | 15 | 7,308 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,322 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,516 | 153 |
| 2012 | 3,018 | 125 |
| 2013 | 3,107 | 123 |
| 2014 | 3,364 | 120 |
| 2015 | 3,313 | 121 |
| 2016 | 3,315 | 125 |
| 2017 | 3,352 | 118 |
| 2018 | 3,016 | 130 |
| 2019 | 3,038 | 126 |
| 2020 | 2,785 | 131 |
| 2021 | 2,583 | 146 |
| 2022 | 2,397 | 156 |
| 2023 | 2,143 | 169 |
| 2024 | 2,176 | 170 |
| 2025 | 2,131 | 172 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 1,398 |
| 2012 | 63 | 569 |
| 2013 | 76 | 497 |
| 2014 | 58 | 605 |
| 2015 | 70 | 543 |
| 2016 | 59 | 608 |
| 2017 | 47 | 730 |
| 2018 | 32 | 919 |
| 2019 | 30 | 952 |
| 2020 | 34 | 856 |
| 2021 | 26 | 1,078 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,314 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,461 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,014 |

## People named Braxton

- Braxton Bragg, Confederate Army general (1817–1876)
- John Braxton Hicks, English doctor
- B. B. Comer, American politician (1848-1927)
- G. B. Pegram, American physicist (1876–1958)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.