Girls' name · since 1999
Axelle
Axelle has 199 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,846 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,947 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 199
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
199 babies have been named Axelle since 1999, making it today's #13947 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Axelle has been recorded 199 times among girls since 1999, currently ranked #13947 nationally and more common than 19% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #19,846 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,947 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 199 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Axelle ranks #19,846 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,947 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 199 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,846 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,947 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 199
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Axelle's 199 recorded births place it above 72.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Axelle compares
199 37th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Axelle's all-time total is 47% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Axelle | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 199 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Axelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Axelle's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Axelle popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Axelle popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2019 (Axelle as boys' name)
Axelle by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (104 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Axelle's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Axelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 30
2000s
30 births
- 2010s
2010s
104 births
- 2020s
2020s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 104 births (52% of all-time use).
Axelle by state
Where Axelle concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.5% |
5 of 199 births nationwide.
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What to do with Axelle's data
- Axelle's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (104 total births) through the 2020s (60) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Axelles (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Axelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
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, 1999–2025 (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 Axelle 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.