Axle — #1783 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Axle

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,717 babies named Axle between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Axle currently holds the #1783 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 150 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Axle performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 970 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Axle shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 133 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Axle in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Axle 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 1,717 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.