Braxton is a distinctive choice, ranked #2089 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Braxton in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#2089
US Rank #170
About the Name Braxton
Braxton has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 1233 places in five years. It was most popular in 2013 at #497 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 2004.
Braxton is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
In the US it ranks even higher at #170, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Braxton
Unlikely. With around 11 UK babies named Braxton per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Braxton in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Braxton has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 1233 places in the last five years. Its peak was #497 in 2013. Choosing it now means he is likely to be among the last of his generation with this name.
Braxton is more popular in the US (#170) than in the UK (#2089). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Braxton include: Tyondai Braxton — Tyondai Adaien Braxton is an American composer and musician.; Brenda Braxton — Brenda Braxton is an American actress, singer, choreographer and stage director.; Braxton Ashcraft — Braxton Ashcraft is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB)..
Braxton appears in the US top 500 at #170 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
11
UK babies named Braxton (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 1233 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Braxton
Likely around 1 other Braxton in the class
UK Popularity (2004–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2024)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Braxton
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Tyondai Adaien Braxton is an American composer and musician. He has composed and performed music under his own name and collaboratively since the mid-1990s, including in the experimental rock group Battles from its formation in 2002 until his departure from the group in 2010.
Carter Moore Braxton Jr. was an American civil engineer and businessman in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, and a Confederate artillery officer, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel during the American Civil War.
Carter Braxton was a Founding Father of the United States, signer of the Declaration of Independence, merchant, and Virginia planter. A grandson of Robert "King" Carter, one of the wealthiest and most powerful landowners and slaveholders in Virginia, Braxton was active in Virginia's legislature for more than 25 years, generally allied with Landon Carter, Benjamin Harrison V, Edmund Pendleton and other conservative planters.
Corbin Braxton was a Virginia medical doctor, planter, politician and soldier who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly as well as Brigadier General of the Virginia militia.
Elliott Muse Braxton was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Virginia. He owned slaves, served in the Confederate Army, and was a Democrat.
Braxton Ellis Key is an American professional basketball player for Valencia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Virginia Cavaliers.
Braxton Marcellus Miller is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes and was their starting quarterback from 2011 to 2013, before moving to the wide receiver position in 2015 after sustaining a shoulder injury.
Kayla Becker is an American sports broadcaster. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she worked as a backstage interviewer under the ring name Kayla Braxton.