Braxton

Boy · recorded 1885–2025

  • #172in 2025
  • 1 in 801boys in 2025
  • −28%last ten years
  • 3.8×in West Virginia

Most popular in 2017. Quieter now: down 28% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1885

09061,81118851920195519902025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 121 recorded years as a table
Braxton, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188556
189947
190033
190832
190930
191036
191127
191230
191316
191431
191521
191625
191718
191825
191921
192023
192127
192216
192321
192417
192522
192622
192717
192827
192918
193021
193117
193219
193327
193424
193516
193622
193727
193818
193923
194016
194122
194212
194320
194412
19458
19467
194710
194813
194912
19508
195110
19529
19536
19549
19556
19566
195712
19586
195910
19607
196115
19627
19638
19649
19657
196610
19678
19688
19698
197011
197113
197212
197313
197418
197519
197619
197715
197819
197920
198019
198122
198228
198340
198435
198554
198662
198758
198871
198977
199098
1991114
1992127
1993167
1994262
1995277
1996313
1997415
1998438
1999427
2000414
2001409
2002431
2003508
2004796
2005659
2006781
2007854
2008951
20091,130
20101,195
20111,325
20121,591
20131,643
20141,751
20151,728
20161,747
20171,811
20181,661
20191,693
20201,613
20211,476
20221,373
20231,253
20241,263
20251,248

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. West Virginia 3.8×
  2. Mississippi 2.8×
  3. Arkansas 2.8×
  4. Montana 2.8×
  5. Ohio 2.4×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
2,131
Rank in 2025
#172
How rare
1 in 801 boys
Since 1885
65,831

Most popular in 2017, at 1,811 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 28% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
West Virginia3.8×90
Mississippi2.8×119
Arkansas2.8×134
Montana2.8×38
Ohio2.4×476

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.