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Braxton
Pronounced /ˈbɹækstən/
Rank in 2024
#170
Born in 2024
2,168
Peak year
2014 · #120
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 2,168 boys were named Braxton, about 1 in every 791.
- It peaked in 2014 with 3,363 babies, ranked #120.
- It first shows up in the records in 1885.
- 63,667 boys have been named Braxton since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Braxton per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.8Gen Z1997–12
- 1.6Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 348 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 394 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 333 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 371 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,477 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Z: 24,171 babies, 0.77 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 34,557 babies, 1.59 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Perhaps a habitational surname from the village of Branxton, in Northumberland.
- (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈbɹækstən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Braxton, CC BY-SA 4.0.