Data through 2025

Axel name popularity in England and Wales

Axel ranked #147 for boys in 2025. ONS recorded 363 boys named Axel.

Rank#147

for boys in 2025

Boys recorded363

ONS

Peak year2022

547 recorded

Five-year change+16.7%

since 2020

Popularity over time

Boys

Axel for boys and girls

Boys

363

100.0% in 2025 · data from 1996 to 2025

Axel in other countries and regions

Recent year-by-year data

The latest published years are shown first.

YearGroupRecorded countRank
2025boys363#147
2024boys431#129
2023boys475#109
2022boys547#100
2021boys411#138
2020boys311#168
2019boys221#228
2018boys213#244
2017boys165#303
2016boys128#362
2015boys122#363
2014boys86#457
Show full history (30 rows)
YearGroupRecorded countRank
2025boys363#147
2024boys431#129
2023boys475#109
2022boys547#100
2021boys411#138
2020boys311#168
2019boys221#228
2018boys213#244
2017boys165#303
2016boys128#362
2015boys122#363
2014boys86#457
2013boys54#632
2012boys55#634
2011boys41#759
2010boys43#706
2009boys28#944
2008boys31#867
2007boys23#1053
2006boys34#748
2005boys24#919
2004boys13#1347
2003boys13#1248
2002boys19#907
2001boys17#947
2000boys12#1167
1999boys12#1130
1998boys18#850
1997boys16#914
1996boys16#898

Data from Office for National Statistics · through 2025.

How Axel’s popularity has changed

Ten-year change+197.5%
Change since peak-33.6%