girls:
803 births since 1994
#4913 (14th percentile)
boys:
61.5k births since 1885
#427 (91st percentile)
overall:
62.3k births since 1885
#942 (88th percentile)
The name Braxton is the #942 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 62,257 recorded births since 1885. This represents the 87.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 87.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #427 (90.7% percentile) for all time with 61,454 births since 1885. For girls, it ranks #4,913 (14.0% percentile) for all time with 803 births since 1994.
Braxton first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1885 (1885 for boys and 1994 for girls). Birth data for Braxton is available in 119 out of the 139 years between 1885 and 2023 (119 years for boys and 30 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Braxton has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.7% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Braxton reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 87.3% percentile (ranked #117) with 1,692 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 1,692 births per million (ranked 87.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Braxton ranks #166 for boys (81.9% percentile) with 1,162 births per million, which is 68.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Braxton reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 5.1% percentile (ranked #889) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 26 births per million (ranked 5.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Braxton ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 23.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Braxton".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Braxton. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.0% confident that Braxton is pronounced as BRAK-stuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BRAK-stihn, at 13.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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