Boys' name · since 2009
Axten
214 babies named Axten in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,521 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,229 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 214
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Axten currently ranks #4229 among boys' names in America, with 214 babies recorded since 2009.
Axten has 214 recorded births among boys since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4229 as of the latest data, more common than 70% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #12,521 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,229 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 214 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Axten ranks #12,521 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,229 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 214 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,521 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,229 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 214
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Axten's 214 recorded births place it above 72.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Axten compares
214 39th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Axten's all-time total is 42% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Axten | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 214 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 34 | 22,252 |
Axten's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Axten's full recorded timeline at 2018, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2012, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Axten popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Axten by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (107 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Axten's strongest decade.
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Axten births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
107 births
- 2020s
2020s
100 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 107 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Axten's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (107 total births) through the 2020s (100) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Axten: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2009–2025 (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 Axten 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.