Boys' name · since 2018
Axen
Since 2018, U.S. Social Security records show 26 babies named Axen, peaking in 2020. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,854 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Axen sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 26 recorded since 2018.
Axen has 26 recorded births among boys since 2018, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2022.
- #26,854 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 26 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Axen ranks #26,854 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,854 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Axen's 26 recorded births place it above 40.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Axen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Axen's full recorded timeline at 2020, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2018, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Axen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2022
- Peak year (2020)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Axen by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (16 births, 62% of the file).
2020s was Axen's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Axen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 16 births (62% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Axen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2018–2022 (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 Axen 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.