Brazos
#7,751 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Brazos has been given to 377 babies in the U.S. since 1994. In 2025 it ranked #7,751 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 26 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% boys, 5% girls all-time.
Babies named Brazos, 2025
1 in 332,000
Brazos over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Brazos over time
In 2025, Brazos went to 33% girls and 67% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Brazos?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 332,000
- 10 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 171,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #7,751
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 229,791 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Brazos sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Brazos. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Brazoss were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Brazos was born before 2017 — so the typical Brazos is around 8 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 47.9% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 94.4%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 357
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 47.9% of all recorded uses (171).
Is Brazos rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- −2,659
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −1,732
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −2,428
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.59×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 38.5%
- Peak was 2018 (26)
- Years since peak
- 7
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 25.1% average annual change
Spellings of Brazos
Brazos is not the most common spelling — Bradon is, with 85.2% against Brazos's 14.8%.
- Bradon85.2%2,060
- Brazos14.8%357
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Brazos is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Brazos was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 70,928 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Texas1 in 100,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Brazos has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Brazos is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Brazos was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 614,046 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Brazos has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Brazos by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Brazos
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Brazos
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.