Recorded 2016–2020 Boys' name Peak 2020 24 births

Axon — boys' name

24 babies named Axon in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s132020s11
2010s
Peak decade

54% of everyone ever named Axon was born in this single decade.

2020
Single peak year

11 babies were named Axon in 2020 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Axon

The Social Security Administration has registered 24 babies named Axon between 2016 and 2020, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Axon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Axon performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Axon shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Axon 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 24 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.

Axon at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

24

Since 2016

5 years of records

Peak year

2020

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

2016

Recorded for 5 years

Last year on file: 2020

Axon popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2016

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2020)
11
Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
4681012 202020182016 5

Axon by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
13 births that decade — 54% of Axon's all-time total
2010s132020s11

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Axon?
24 babies have been named Axon since 2016. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2020 with 11 births.
When was Axon most popular?
Axon was most popular in the 2010s decade with 13 total births. The single peak year was 2020.
How long has the name Axon been used?
Axon has been recorded in Social Security data since 2016, spanning 5 years of data through 2020.

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, 2016–2020 (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.