Aksel

#1,267 for boys in 2025, 155 births

Peak · boys
2018 · 198 births
Debut · boys
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,561
since 1989

Aksel over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Aksel has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #1,029, 2018boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,267155
2024#1,426128
2023#1,288149
2022#1,457124
2021#1,245153
2020#1,177163
2019#1,277146
2018#1,029198
2017#1,252146
2016#1,105177
2015#1,359128
2014#1,362125
2013#2,02167
2012#1,75685
2011#1,63593
2010#1,399119
2009#2,38154
2008#2,54249
2007#2,60247
2006#2,54247
2005#2,96035
2004#3,28529
2003#2,62038
2002#4,70316
2001#3,72122
2000#3,76421
1999#5,03513
1998#8,4796
1997#9,2655
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First appearance
1989

The first year at least five boys were named Aksel! It came in at #4,811, and was given to 10 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1990–1991, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Aksel is popular in 2018

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedNHWashington: #646 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,834 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #507 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,667 boysMNIllinois: #891 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 6,630 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedMINew York: #1,127 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 9,574 boysNYMassachusetts: #712 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,657 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedRIOregon: #540 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,770 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedINOhio: #1,215 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 11,462 boysOHPennsylvania: #1,223 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 11,453 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #842 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 7,375 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedUTColorado: #502 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,580 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedDEArizona: #864 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,838 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #540 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,688 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedHITexas: #1,039 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 9,204 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Aksel, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Colorado#502 · 1 in 2,580
  2. Minnesota#507 · 1 in 2,667
  3. Oklahoma#540 · 1 in 2,688
  4. Oregon#540 · 1 in 2,770
  5. Washington#646 · 1 in 3,834

Best ever in a state: #213 in North Dakota, 2014.

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Colorado#502101 in 2,580
Minnesota#507101 in 2,667
Oklahoma#54071 in 2,688
Oregon#54061 in 2,770
Washington#64691 in 3,834
Massachusetts#71251 in 5,657
California#842281 in 7,375
Arizona#86451 in 6,838
Illinois#89191 in 6,630
Texas#1,039191 in 9,204
New York#1,127101 in 9,574
Ohio#1,21551 in 11,462
Pennsylvania#1,22351 in 11,453
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Aksel
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 159 spots since 2024 (#1,426 → #1,267)
  • 90 spots since 2020 (#1,177 → #1,267)
  • 92 spots since 2015 (#1,359 → #1,267)
Rise & fade · boys
29 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1989
  • Peaked 2018 at #1,029 (198 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,173
  • Highest: 1 in 9,173 boys born in 2018 were named Aksel (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 11,020 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 50.1% of all boys named Aksel (1,284) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s10#4,811 (1989)#4,811
1990s37#5,035 (1999)#7,444
2000s358#2,381 (2009)#3,112
2010s1,284#1,029 (2018)#1,420
2020s872#1,177 (2020)#1,310

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Aksel in 2018

boys
#1,029
198 births · 1 in 9,173 boys

Top boys' names in 2018

  1. #1Liam19,977
  2. #2Noah18,441
  3. #3William14,646
  4. #4James13,650
  5. #5Oliver13,500
  6. #6Benjamin13,488
  7. #7Elijah13,020
  8. #8Lucas12,665
  9. #9Mason12,526
  10. #10Logan12,447
  11. #1,029Aksel198
More about 2018

boys

1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 9,173 of them was named Aksel, which outranked 92.7% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aksel
  1. #1,026Callahan200
  2. #1,026Giancarlo200
  3. #1,028Eithan199
  4. #1,029Aksel198
  5. #1,029Emir198
  6. #1,029Jair198
  7. #1,029Shmuel198
  8. #1,034Danilo197
  9. #1,034Mccoy197
  10. #1,036Amare196

Tied with 4 names at #1,029; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 594Genesis#1,575 → #981
  2. ↑ 436Baker#1,149 → #713
  3. ↑ 430Saint#1,287 → #857
  4. ↑ 319Kairo#802 → #483
  5. ↑ 307Watson#1,020 → #713
Fallers
  1. ↓ 235Aaden#893 → #1,128
  2. ↓ 224Dilan#917 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 201Craig#980 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 177Mike#951 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 172Harper#798 → #970

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2018 →