Braxten is a modern respelling of Braxton, an English surname and place name usually explained as "Brock's town", after an Old English personal name. The Confederate general Braxton Bragg is the best-known early bearer of the surname as a first name. Braxten peaked at number 1,510 in 2013, when the -ton names were at their height, and has slipped since, ranking number 2,682 among boys in 2025 with 48 births.