Boys' name · since 2021
Axley
Axley has 5 recorded births since 2021 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #39,521 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 5
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
5 boys have been named Axley since 2021, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Axley has 5 recorded births among boys since 2021, 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 2021 to 2021.
- #39,521 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 5 born since 2021
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Axley ranks #39,521 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 5 born since 2021, peaking in the 2020s.
- #39,521 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 5
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Axley's 5 recorded births place it above 0% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Axley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2021
- Peak year (2021)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Axley by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (5 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Axley's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Axley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 5 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Axley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~0 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, 2021–2021 (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 Axley 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.