Axel
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #79 for boys in 2025, 4,140 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 4,523 births
- Debut · boys
- 16 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 8 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 72,459since 1880
Axel over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | #79 | 4,140 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | #78 | 4,255 |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | #71 | 4,523 |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 | #76 | 4,350 |
| 2021 | #8,024 | 13 | #76 | 4,540 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | #72 | 4,667 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | #84 | 4,505 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #94 | 4,074 |
| 2017 | #6,531 | 18 | #104 | 3,789 |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 | #116 | 3,467 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | #123 | 3,249 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | #145 | 2,806 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #168 | 2,428 |
| 2012 | — | #162 | 2,482 | |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | #137 | 3,036 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #187 | 1,973 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | #264 | 1,319 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #272 | 1,257 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | #288 | 1,196 |
| 2006 | — | #296 | 1,132 | |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | #314 | 1,047 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #325 | 938 |
| 2003 | — | #346 | 809 | |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #314 | 910 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #258 | 1,274 |
| 2000 | — | #361 | 731 | |
| 1999 | — | #799 | 191 | |
| 1998 | — | #795 | 192 | |
| 1997 | — | #838 | 171 | |
| 1996 | — | #860 | 161 | |
| 1995 | — | #917 | 145 | |
| 1994 | — | #955 | 133 | |
| 1993 | — | #965 | 124 | |
| 1992 | — | #911 | 135 | |
| 1991 | — | #845 | 151 | |
| 1990 | — | #898 | 131 | |
| 1989 | — | #951 | 115 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,525 | 48 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,467 | 49 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,299 | 56 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,698 | 36 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,606 | 37 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,864 | 29 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,111 | 25 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,086 | 25 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,058 | 26 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,867 | 29 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,279 | 20 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,008 | 24 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,873 | 26 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,450 | 17 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,358 | 17 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,036 | 20 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,323 | 16 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,126 | 19 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,435 | 34 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,440 | 31 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,650 | 23 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,352 | 12 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,132 | 14 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,084 | 15 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,114 | 15 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,300 | 13 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,948 | 18 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,315 | 13 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,865 | 19 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,838 | 19 | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | #2,798 | 9 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,505 | 6 | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | #2,376 | 11 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,066 | 7 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,019 | 14 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,606 | 9 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,671 | 9 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,919 | 7 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,574 | 8 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,182 | 12 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,523 | 9 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,491 | 9 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,609 | 8 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,680 | 8 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,184 | 11 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,837 | 15 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,742 | 8 | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #2,465 | 10 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,964 | 15 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,672 | 20 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,603 | 23 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,302 | 13 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,246 | 33 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,675 | 22 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,551 | 24 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,591 | 23 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,101 | 41 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,416 | 27 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,624 | 21 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,079 | 40 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,113 | 36 | |
| 1916 | — | #892 | 49 | |
| 1915 | — | #879 | 49 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,153 | 25 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,112 | 21 | |
| 1912 | — | #854 | 27 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,038 | 11 | |
| 1910 | — | #928 | 12 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,083 | 8 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | #815 | 11 | |
| 1906 | — | #709 | 12 | |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #734 | 10 | |
| 1902 | — | #862 | 8 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #785 | 11 | |
| 1899 | — | #521 | 14 | |
| 1898 | — | #452 | 20 | |
| 1897 | — | #473 | 17 | |
| 1896 | — | #534 | 15 | |
| 1895 | — | #437 | 20 | |
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | #371 | 23 | |
| 1892 | — | #572 | 13 | |
| 1891 | — | #427 | 17 | |
| 1890 | — | #458 | 16 | |
| 1889 | — | #434 | 18 | |
| 1888 | — | #484 | 16 | |
| 1887 | — | #392 | 18 | |
| 1886 | — | #336 | 25 | |
| 1885 | — | #462 | 16 | |
| 1884 | — | #468 | 16 | |
| 1883 | — | #527 | 12 | |
| 1882 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1881 | — | #460 | 14 | |
| 1880 | — | #442 | 16 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Axel was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1933, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Axel
- 1 spot since 2024 (#78 → #79)
- 7 spots since 2020 (#72 → #79)
- 44 spots since 2015 (#123 → #79)
- Biggest jump: 574 spots in 1989 (#1,525 → #951)
- Biggest drop: 402 spots in 1908 (#815 → #1,217)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2023 at #71 (4,523 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 8 yrs · run 2018–2025
- Top 1,000: 68 yrs · run 1989–2025
- Highest: 1 in 370 boys born in 2020 were named Axel (0.27%)
- Latest: 1 in 413 boys born in 2025 (0.24%)
- Its best rank, #71 in 2023, was only 1 in 378 (0.26%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 43.9% of all boys named Axel (31,809) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 163 | #336 (1886) | #455 |
| 1890s | 165 | #371 (1893) | #491 |
| 1900s | 86 | #709 (1906) | #913 |
| 1910s | 291 | #854 (1912) | #1,067 |
| 1920s | 232 | #1,101 (1921) | #1,785 |
| 1930s | 89 | #1,837 (1935) | #2,502 |
| 1940s | 81 | #2,182 (1943) | #2,773 |
| 1950s | 85 | #1,838 (1958) | #2,495 |
| 1960s | 168 | #1,440 (1969) | #2,052 |
| 1970s | 222 | #1,435 (1970) | #2,076 |
| 1980s | 446 | #951 (1989) | #1,667 |
| 1990s | 1,534 | #795 (1998) | #878 |
| 2000s | 10,613 | #258 (2001) | #304 |
| 2010s | 31,809 | #84 (2019) | #132 |
| 2020s | 26,475 | #71 (2023) | #75 |
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.
Axel in 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 236,367 of them was named Axel, which outranked 38.6% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #11,599Zyion9
- #11,599Zynasia9
- #11,599Zyrah9
- #12,579Axel8
- #12,579Aailyah8
- #12,579Aalana8
- #12,579Aaliyana8
- #13,832Aahna7
- #13,832Aala7
- #13,832Aaleah7
Tied with 1,252 names at #12,579; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 1,623 of them was named Axel, which outranked 98.1% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.