Axl — #1030 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Axl

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,214 babies named Axl between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Axl currently holds the #1030 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 377 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Axl performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,277 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Axl shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 441 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Axl in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Axl 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 4,214 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.