Braxston

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 14 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Braxston by the numbers

Braxston was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 25 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Braxston

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 Braxston. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Braxtonbadger's homestead; place name3,350 in the US (2017)
  • Braxson20 in the US (2017)
  • Branston9 in the US (2017)
  • Braxxton8 in the US (2017)
  • Bransonson of Bran the raven327 in the US (2017)
  • BrixtonBeorhtsige's settlement; London neighborhood257 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Braxston

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