Axel — #78 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Axel

The Social Security Administration has registered 68,288 babies named Axel between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Axel currently holds the #78 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 4,666 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Axel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 31,803 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Axel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11,479 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Axel in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Axel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 68,288 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.