Brax

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Brax: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Brax: Recorded every year since 2011, it reached #609 in 2014, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
14years from first to last
#609highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2011–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2011	#3830
2012	#1430
2013	#931
2014	#1421
2015	#1380
2016	#1498
2017	#2172
2018	#1875
2019	#2104
2020	#3334
2021	#2301
2022	#4001
2023	#2160
2024	#3254

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 2011 to 2024.

In 2014: #609 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1421 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2011–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2011
First recorded at #3830 among boys in England and Wales in 2011 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2013–2014
Highest recorded position: #609 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2014 (recorded 2013–2014).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Brax appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 14 years beginning in 2011, and has registered 170 births with the name.

Brax across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Brax's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#3830 (2011)	#931 (2013)	#3254 (2024)	14 of 14	170 (2011–2024)	31 (2013)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#711 (2013)	#609 (2014)	#609 (2014)	2 of 2	7 (2013–2014)	4 (2014)

Brax appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2011 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #609 in Republic of Ireland in 2014.

Brax's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2160	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1498	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1380	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1421	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#931	31	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1430	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2011 and 2024, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #609, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 31 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2013, and 2 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Brandyn · #629, 11y
Branwen · #2152, 26y
Braxton · #24, 18y
Bray · #1649, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kristofers · #609, 12y
Anvika · #608, 13y
Ed · #610, 19y
Saffie · #608, 18y

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2010 and 2019.

Anvika · #608, 13y
Birdie · #610, 11y
Gustaw · #611, 9y
Sorin · #605, 10y

Brax was ranked #609 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2014. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Brax and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Brax without appearing here.

Brax moved ahead of

Nicola Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3830 and #3300 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #931 and #3822.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4001 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Glenn Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3830 and #1909 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1430 and #3039.

Moved ahead of Brax

Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #2018.
Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2104 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3334 and #1935.
Anders Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #2546 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #2263.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1875 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2104 and #2104.

Moved the opposite way to Brax

Garry Compare
Between 2011 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Brax went from #3830 to #2160 while Garry went from #2613 to #4991.
Matheo Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brax went from #931 to #3254 while Matheo went from #3822 to #1517.
Rune Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brax went from #931 to #3254 while Rune went from #4685 to #1460.

Moved the same way as Brax

Espen Compare
Between 2012 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brax went from #1430 to #3254 and Espen from #3039 to #5119.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2011 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #609 in Republic of Ireland in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Brax

Brax at a glance

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Popularity journey

Brax across 2 official records

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Brax at a glance

Brax across 2 official records

Brax appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 2010s

Names published alongside Brax

Brax and the names beside it

Brax moved ahead of

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