Recorded 2018–2022 Boys' name Peak 2020 26 births

Axen — boys' name

26 babies named Axen in U.S. Social Security records since 2018, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s102020s16
2020s
Peak decade

62% of everyone ever named Axen was born in this single decade.

2020
Single peak year

6 babies were named Axen in 2020 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Axen

The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Axen between 2018 and 2022, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Axen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Axen performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Axen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Axen 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 26 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.

Axen at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

26

Since 2018

5 years of records

Peak year

2020

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2020s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

2018

Recorded for 5 years

Last year on file: 2022

Axen popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2018

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2020)
6
Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
4.555.566.5 20222021202020192018 5

Axen by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2020s
Peak decade
2020s
16 births that decade — 62% of Axen's all-time total
2010s102020s16

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Axen?
26 babies have been named Axen since 2018. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2020 with 6 births.
When was Axen most popular?
Axen was most popular in the 2020s decade with 16 total births. The single peak year was 2020.
How long has the name Axen been used?
Axen has been recorded in Social Security data since 2018, spanning 5 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Axen?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Axel, Axell, Axeton, Axe, and 3 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2018–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.