for boys in 2025
Data through 2025
Axel name popularity in the United States
Axel ranked #79 for boys in 2025. SSA recorded 4,140 boys named Axel.
SSA
4,667 recorded
since 2020
Popularity over time
Axel for boys and girls
Girls
80.2% in 2025 · data from 2001 to 2025
Boys
4,14099.8% in 2025 · data from 1880 to 2025
Axel in other countries and regions
Recent year-by-year data
The latest published years are shown first.
| Year | Group | Recorded count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | boys | 4,140 | #79 |
| 2025 | girls | 8 | #10917 |
| 2024 | boys | 4,255 | #78 |
| 2024 | girls | 8 | #11122 |
| 2023 | boys | 4,523 | #71 |
| 2023 | girls | 12 | #8486 |
| 2022 | boys | 4,350 | #76 |
| 2022 | girls | 15 | #7281 |
| 2021 | boys | 4,540 | #76 |
| 2021 | girls | 13 | #8024 |
| 2020 | boys | 4,667 | #72 |
| 2020 | girls | 8 | #11090 |
Show full history (164 rows)
| Year | Group | Recorded count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | boys | 4,140 | #79 |
| 2025 | girls | 8 | #10917 |
| 2024 | boys | 4,255 | #78 |
| 2024 | girls | 8 | #11122 |
| 2023 | boys | 4,523 | #71 |
| 2023 | girls | 12 | #8486 |
| 2022 | boys | 4,350 | #76 |
| 2022 | girls | 15 | #7281 |
| 2021 | boys | 4,540 | #76 |
| 2021 | girls | 13 | #8024 |
| 2020 | boys | 4,667 | #72 |
| 2020 | girls | 8 | #11090 |
| 2019 | boys | 4,505 | #84 |
| 2019 | girls | 8 | #11356 |
| 2018 | boys | 4,074 | #94 |
| 2018 | girls | 8 | #11427 |
| 2017 | boys | 3,789 | #104 |
| 2017 | girls | 18 | #6531 |
| 2016 | boys | 3,467 | #116 |
| 2016 | girls | 10 | #10113 |
| 2015 | boys | 3,249 | #123 |
| 2015 | girls | 12 | #8931 |
| 2014 | boys | 2,806 | #145 |
| 2014 | girls | 10 | #10129 |
| 2013 | boys | 2,428 | #168 |
| 2013 | girls | 5 | #16547 |
| 2012 | boys | 2,482 | #162 |
| 2011 | boys | 3,036 | #137 |
| 2011 | girls | 10 | #10374 |
| 2010 | boys | 1,973 | #187 |
| 2010 | girls | 7 | #13448 |
| 2009 | boys | 1,319 | #264 |
| 2009 | girls | 11 | #9975 |
| 2008 | boys | 1,257 | #272 |
| 2008 | girls | 8 | #12579 |
| 2007 | boys | 1,196 | #288 |
| 2007 | girls | 11 | #10129 |
| 2006 | boys | 1,132 | #296 |
| 2005 | boys | 1,047 | #314 |
| 2005 | girls | 9 | #10921 |
| 2004 | boys | 938 | #325 |
| 2004 | girls | 5 | #16099 |
| 2003 | boys | 809 | #346 |
| 2002 | boys | 910 | #314 |
| 2002 | girls | 8 | #11108 |
| 2001 | boys | 1,274 | #258 |
| 2001 | girls | 5 | #15352 |
| 2000 | boys | 731 | #361 |
| 1999 | boys | 191 | #799 |
| 1998 | boys | 192 | #795 |
| 1997 | boys | 171 | #838 |
| 1996 | boys | 161 | #860 |
| 1995 | boys | 145 | #917 |
| 1994 | boys | 133 | #955 |
| 1993 | boys | 124 | #965 |
| 1992 | boys | 135 | #911 |
| 1991 | boys | 151 | #845 |
| 1990 | boys | 131 | #898 |
| 1989 | boys | 115 | #951 |
| 1988 | boys | 48 | #1525 |
| 1987 | boys | 49 | #1467 |
| 1986 | boys | 56 | #1299 |
| 1985 | boys | 36 | #1698 |
| 1984 | boys | 37 | #1606 |
| 1983 | boys | 29 | #1864 |
| 1982 | boys | 25 | #2111 |
| 1981 | boys | 25 | #2086 |
| 1980 | boys | 26 | #2058 |
| 1979 | boys | 29 | #1867 |
| 1978 | boys | 20 | #2279 |
| 1977 | boys | 24 | #2008 |
| 1976 | boys | 26 | #1873 |
| 1975 | boys | 17 | #2450 |
| 1974 | boys | 17 | #2358 |
| 1973 | boys | 20 | #2036 |
| 1972 | boys | 16 | #2323 |
| 1971 | boys | 19 | #2126 |
| 1970 | boys | 34 | #1435 |
| 1969 | boys | 31 | #1440 |
| 1968 | boys | 23 | #1650 |
| 1967 | boys | 12 | #2352 |
| 1966 | boys | 14 | #2132 |
| 1965 | boys | 15 | #2084 |
| 1964 | boys | 15 | #2114 |
| 1963 | boys | 13 | #2300 |
| 1962 | boys | 14 | #2186 |
| 1961 | boys | 18 | #1948 |
| 1960 | boys | 13 | #2315 |
| 1959 | boys | 19 | #1865 |
| 1958 | boys | 19 | #1838 |
| 1956 | boys | 9 | #2798 |
| 1955 | boys | 6 | #3505 |
| 1952 | boys | 11 | #2376 |
| 1951 | boys | 7 | #3066 |
| 1950 | boys | 14 | #2019 |
| 1949 | boys | 9 | #2606 |
| 1948 | boys | 5 | #3668 |
| 1947 | boys | 9 | #2671 |
| 1946 | boys | 7 | #2919 |
| 1945 | boys | 8 | #2574 |
| 1944 | boys | 8 | #2633 |
| 1943 | boys | 12 | #2182 |
| 1942 | boys | 9 | #2523 |
| 1941 | boys | 9 | #2491 |
| 1940 | boys | 5 | #3459 |
| 1939 | boys | 8 | #2609 |
| 1938 | boys | 6 | #3175 |
| 1937 | boys | 8 | #2680 |
| 1936 | boys | 11 | #2184 |
| 1935 | boys | 15 | #1837 |
| 1934 | boys | 8 | #2742 |
| 1932 | boys | 10 | #2465 |
| 1931 | boys | 8 | #2864 |
| 1930 | boys | 15 | #1964 |
| 1929 | boys | 20 | #1672 |
| 1928 | boys | 6 | #3697 |
| 1927 | boys | 23 | #1603 |
| 1926 | boys | 13 | #2302 |
| 1925 | boys | 33 | #1246 |
| 1924 | boys | 22 | #1675 |
| 1923 | boys | 24 | #1551 |
| 1922 | boys | 23 | #1591 |
| 1921 | boys | 41 | #1101 |
| 1920 | boys | 27 | #1416 |
| 1919 | boys | 21 | #1624 |
| 1918 | boys | 40 | #1079 |
| 1917 | boys | 36 | #1113 |
| 1916 | boys | 49 | #892 |
| 1915 | boys | 49 | #879 |
| 1914 | boys | 25 | #1153 |
| 1913 | boys | 21 | #1112 |
| 1912 | boys | 27 | #854 |
| 1911 | boys | 11 | #1038 |
| 1910 | boys | 12 | #928 |
| 1909 | boys | 8 | #1083 |
| 1908 | boys | 6 | #1217 |
| 1907 | boys | 11 | #815 |
| 1906 | boys | 12 | #709 |
| 1905 | boys | 8 | #919 |
| 1904 | boys | 6 | #1064 |
| 1903 | boys | 10 | #734 |
| 1902 | boys | 8 | #862 |
| 1901 | boys | 6 | #943 |
| 1900 | boys | 11 | #785 |
| 1899 | boys | 14 | #521 |
| 1898 | boys | 20 | #452 |
| 1897 | boys | 17 | #473 |
| 1896 | boys | 15 | #534 |
| 1895 | boys | 20 | #437 |
| 1894 | boys | 10 | #668 |
| 1893 | boys | 23 | #371 |
| 1892 | boys | 13 | #572 |
| 1891 | boys | 17 | #427 |
| 1890 | boys | 16 | #458 |
| 1889 | boys | 18 | #434 |
| 1888 | boys | 16 | #484 |
| 1887 | boys | 18 | #392 |
| 1886 | boys | 25 | #336 |
| 1885 | boys | 16 | #462 |
| 1884 | boys | 16 | #468 |
| 1883 | boys | 12 | #527 |
| 1882 | boys | 12 | #540 |
| 1881 | boys | 14 | #460 |
| 1880 | boys | 16 | #442 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.