Brax

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 29 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
29
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Brax by the numbers

Brax was given to 29 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 30 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Brax

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Brax. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Bradbroad; a diminutive of Bradley or Bradford55 in the US (2017)
  • Bramfather of multitudes; form of Abraham10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Brayhillside or slope6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Branraven4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Braehillside or slope4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Brix22 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Brax

Names that are said the same way as Brax, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

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