Braxton

maleStatistical record

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

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

Braxton: Recorded since 2004, it reached #24 in 2014, and it stood at #577 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
52times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#24highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for
6names it appears alongside

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2004–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#2304
2005	#2418
2010	#4678
2011	#1398
2012	#569
2013	#497
2014	#605
2015	#543
2016	#608
2017	#730
2018	#919
2019	#952
2020	#856
2021	#1078
2022	#1314
2023	#1461
2024	#2088

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 17 of the 21 years from 2004 to 2024.

In 2024: #655 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2088 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 2004–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #2304 among boys in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2012–2023
Highest recorded position: #24 among boys in New Zealand, in 2014 (recorded 2012–2023).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Braxton appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 17 years beginning in 2004, and has registered 575 births with the name.

Braxton across 5 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.

Braxton'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	#2304 (2004)	#497 (2013)	#2088 (2024)	17 of 21	575 (2004–2024)	76 (2013)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#623 (2011)	#314 (2014)	#577 (2025)	14 of 15	116 (2011–2025)	14 (2014)
New Zealand · Boys	#28 (2012)	#24 (2014)	#98 (2023)	11 of 12	1,101 (2012–2023)	161 (2012)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#403 (2012)	#346 (2014)	#363 (2017)	5 of 6	17 (2012–2017)	4 (2014)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#92 (2011)	#44 (2012)	#74 (2015)	5 of 5	795 (2011–2015)	212 (2012)

Braxton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Braxton in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	12	2 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	455	10 of 10	46
2020s	108	5 of 10	22

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 46 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2011 and 2012, when recorded births rose by 46, from 17 to 63.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Braxton 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 5 regions, from 2004 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #24 in New Zealand in 2014.

Braxton'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	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1461	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1314	20	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1078	26	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#856	34	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#952	30	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#919	32	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#730	47	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#608	59	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#543	70	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#605	58	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#497	76	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#569	63	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1398	17	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2015	New South Wales, Australia	male	#74	130	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	male	#72	144	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New South Wales, Australia	male	#50	195	Insufficient	Not yet available
2012	New South Wales, Australia	male	#44	212	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New South Wales, Australia	male	#92	114	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New Zealand	male	#98	45	High	Verified
2021	New Zealand	male	#55	78	High	Verified
2020	New Zealand	male	#60	72	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	male	#65	74	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	male	#53	91	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	male	#67	78	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	male	#70	78	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	male	#34	129	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	male	#24	148	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	male	#29	147	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	male	#28	161	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#363	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#552	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#496	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#466	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	10	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	12	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#329	13	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#314	14	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#352	11	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	13	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 5 registrars between 2004 and 2025, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #24, first reached in 2014.

It held a top-100 place in 12 years, 11 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 212 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 2012.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 8 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Matheo · #12, 21y
Nevaeh · #38, 25y
Grayson · #44, 21y
Fiadh · #1, 22y

Comparisons involving Braxton

Existing comparison pages where Braxton and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Order changes

Pairs where Braxton and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Arlo vs Braxton
In New Zealand · Boys, Arlo moved into the top 50 at #23 in 2016 as Braxton fell out of it to #70, having been #34 the year before.
Arlo · Braxton · 10 shared years, 2013–2023 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2016 New Zealand ranking
Levi vs Braxton
In New Zealand · Boys, Levi moved into the top 50 at #32 in 2016 as Braxton fell out of it to #70, having been #34 the year before.
Levi · Braxton · 11 shared years, 2012–2023 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2016 New Zealand ranking
Finn vs Braxton
In New Zealand · Boys, Finn moved into the top 50 at #34 in 2016 as Braxton fell out of it to #70, having been #34 the year before.
Finn · Braxton · 11 shared years, 2012–2023 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2016 New Zealand ranking

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Pairs involving Braxton measured in New Zealand's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Braxton at its highest position.

Jack vs Braxton
Both reached their highest recorded position in New Zealand · Boys within 2 years — Jack #1 in 2012, Braxton #24 in 2014.
Jack · Braxton · 11 shared years, 2012–2023 · Peaked in the same years
See the 2014 New Zealand ranking
Oliver vs Braxton
Both reached their highest recorded position in New Zealand · Boys within 2 years — Oliver #1 in 2013, Braxton #24 in 2014.
Oliver · Braxton · 11 shared years, 2012–2023 · Peaked in the same years
See the 2014 New Zealand ranking
Archie vs Braxton
In New Zealand · Boys, Archie moved into the top 50 at #36 in 2016 as Braxton fell out of it to #70, having been #34 the year before.
Archie · Braxton · 11 shared years, 2012–2023 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2016 New Zealand ranking

New Zealand overview→

Braxton was ranked #24 in New Zealand · 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.

Braxton 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 Braxton without appearing here.

Braxton moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4678 and #3865 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #569 and #4805.
Gunnar Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4678 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #497 and #3822.
Brooke Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4678 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #1398 and #4647.
Sander Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4678 and #2941 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #1398 and #3830.

Moved ahead of Braxton

Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1461 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #1460.
Mathias Compare
In 2023 they stood at #509 and #779 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #655 and #520.
Teddy Compare
In 2014 they stood at #314 and #364 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #329 and #210.
Albie Compare
In 2018 they stood at #369 and #471 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2019 that had become #466 and #402.

Moved the opposite way to Braxton

Brent Compare
Between 2004 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Braxton went from #2304 to #1314 while Brent went from #2304 to #3449.
Tor Compare
Between 2004 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Braxton went from #2304 to #1314 while Tor went from #1878 to #3449.
Brooke Compare
Between 2004 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Braxton went from #2304 to #856 while Brooke went from #938 to #4608.
Hudson Compare
Between 2012 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Braxton went from #324 to #577 while Hudson went from #548 to #188.

Moved the same way as Braxton

Aksel Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Braxton went from #4678 to #2088 and Aksel from #3332 to #1132.
Gunnar Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Braxton went from #4678 to #2088 and Gunnar from #4678 to #2443.
Matheo Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Braxton went from #4678 to #2088 and Matheo from #2629 to #1517.
Benjamin Compare
Between 2012 and 2023 in New Zealand · Boys, Braxton went from #28 to #98 and Benjamin from #15 to #39.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 5 regions, from 2004 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #24 in New Zealand in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Braxton

Braxton at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Braxton across 5 official records

Braxton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Braxton appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Comparisons involving Braxton

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Braxton

Braxton and the names beside it

Braxton moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Braxton

Moved the opposite way to Braxton

Moved the same way as Braxton

Braxton at a glance

Braxton across 5 official records

Braxton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Braxton appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Comparisons involving Braxton

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Braxton

Braxton and the names beside it

Braxton moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Braxton

Moved the opposite way to Braxton

Moved the same way as Braxton