Boys' name · since 2015
Axe
Axe has 65 recorded births since 2015 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,292 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,615 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 65
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Axe is the #11615 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 65 recorded since 2015.
Social Security Administration records show Axe recorded 65 times among boys since 2015, holding rank #11615 nationally today, ahead of 17% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2015 to 2025.
- #20,292 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,615 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 65 born since 2015
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Axe ranks #20,292 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,615 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 65 born since 2015, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,292 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,615 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 65
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Axe's 65 recorded births place it above 55.16% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Axe compares
65 20th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Axe's all-time total is 82% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Axe | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 65 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Axe's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Axe's full recorded timeline at 2020, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Axe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Axe by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (34 births, 52% of the file).
2020s was Axe's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Axe births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
31 births
- 2020s
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 34 births (52% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2015–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Axe draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.