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How popular is “Braxton” in the USA?

Number of people named “Braxton” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Braxton” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Braxton” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Braxton” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Braxton” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Braxton” by birth year

This chart shows how “Braxton” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1885 6 0.000024911 6 -100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 -100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 -100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 -100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1912 13 0.000013157 13 -100%
1913 8 0.000007035 8 -100%
1914 20 0.000014121 20 -100%
1915 18 0.000009823 18 -100%
1916 22 0.000011373 22 -100%
1917 17 0.000008471 17 -100%
1918 25 0.000011515 25 -100%
1919 21 0.000009951 21 -100%
1920 24 0.000010607 24 -100%
1921 30 0.000012851 30 -100%
1922 17 0.000007426 17 -100%
1923 23 0.000009989 23 -100%
1924 19 0.000007978 19 -100%
1925 25 0.000010714 25 -100%
1926 24 0.000010453 24 -100%
1927 19 0.000008192 19 -100%
1928 30 0.000013269 30 -100%
1929 19 0.000008667 19 -100%
1930 23 0.000010345 23 -100%
1931 18 0.000008554 18 -100%
1932 20 0.000009473 20 -100%
1933 27 0.000013504 27 -100%
1934 25 0.000012038 25 -100%
1935 17 0.000008134 17 -100%
1936 23 0.000011071 23 -100%
1937 29 0.000013611 29 -100%
1938 20 0.000009039 20 -100%
1939 25 0.000011346 25 -100%
1940 19 0.000008251 19 -100%
1941 27 0.000011082 27 -100%
1942 17 0.000006223 17 -100%
1943 28 0.00000992 28 -100%
1944 16 0.000005948 16 -100%
1945 11 0.000004146 11 -100%
1946 11 0.000003443 11 -100%
1947 19 0.000005274 19 -100%
1948 22 0.000006372 22 -100%
1949 21 0.000006026 21 -100%
1950 15 0.000004282 15 -100%
1951 18 0.000004886 18 -100%
1952 17 0.000004476 17 -100%
1953 12 0.000003114 12 -100%
1954 18 0.000004522 18 -100%
1955 12 0.000002989 12 -100%
1956 13 0.000003153 13 -100%
1957 26 0.000006187 26 -100%
1958 13 0.000003145 13 -100%
1959 22 0.000005291 22 -100%
1960 15 0.000003611 15 -100%
1961 31 0.000007484 31 -100%
1962 14 0.000003469 14 -100%
1963 17 0.000004295 17 -100%
1964 17 0.000004373 17 -100%
1965 13 0.000003586 13 -100%
1966 17 0.000004891 17 -100%
1967 14 0.000004124 14 -100%
1968 14 0.000004144 14 -100%
1969 14 0.000004028 14 -100%
1970 21 0.000005823 21 -100%
1971 23 0.000006701 23 -100%
1972 19 0.000006045 19 -100%
1973 21 0.000006961 21 -100%
1974 29 0.000009539 29 -100%
1975 30 0.000009936 30 -100%
1976 30 0.000009887 30 -100%
1977 25 0.00000787 25 -100%
1978 32 0.000010082 32 -100%
1979 35 0.00001052 35 -100%
1980 34 0.000009871 34 -100%
1981 39 0.000011274 39 -100%
1982 50 0.000014253 50 -100%
1983 72 0.000020789 72 -100%
1984 63 0.000018058 63 -100%
1985 100 0.000028018 100 -100%
1986 114 0.000032049 114 -100%
1987 109 0.000030231 109 -100%
1988 136 0.000036806 136 -100%
1989 155 0.000040318 155 -100%
1990 201 0.000050854 201 -100%
1991 230 0.000059046 230 -100%
1992 254 0.000066124 254 -100%
1993 327 0.000086731 327 -100%
1994 524 0.000140949 17 507 -94%
1995 554 0.000151277 27 527 -90%
1996 618 0.000169445 25 593 -92%
1997 819 0.000225884 36 783 -91%
1998 875 0.000237888 38 837 -91%
1999 855 0.000231465 35 820 -92%
2000 842 0.000222757 28 814 -93%
2001 829 0.000221457 35 794 -92%
2002 869 0.000232459 32 837 -93%
2003 1034 0.000271939 30 1004 -94%
2004 1634 0.000427645 53 1581 -94%
2005 1344 0.000349559 28 1316 -96%
2006 1636 0.000413529 31 1605 -96%
2007 1801 0.000450511 28 1773 -97%
2008 1956 0.000497626 16 1940 -98%
2009 2267 0.000593428 26 2241 -98%
2010 2320 0.00062775 27 2293 -98%
2011 2543 0.000695228 28 2515 -98%
2012 3045 0.000832566 27 3018 -98%
2013 3144 0.000862394 37 3107 -98%
2014 3393 0.000915449 30 3363 -98%
2015 3340 0.00090248 28 3312 -98%
2016 3344 0.000911495 31 3313 -98%
2017 3381 0.000945418 30 3351 -98%
2018 3036 0.000863507 21 3015 -99%
2019 3047 0.000877862 11 3036 -99%
2020 2795 0.000836682 13 2782 -99%
2021 2587 0.000763589 8 2579 -99%
2022 2409 0.000712061 16 2393 -99%
2023 2149 0.00064901 11 2138 -99%
2024 2183 0.000655851 15 2168 -99%

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