Axten — #9579 US boys' name
189 babies named Axten in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 33% of names given to boys today.
57% of everyone ever named Axten was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Axten in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Axten
The Social Security Administration has registered 189 babies named Axten between 2009 and 2024, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Axten currently holds the #9579 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Axten performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Axten shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Axten 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 189 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.
Axten at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Axten popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2009
- Peak year (2018)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
Currently ranks #9579 among boys.
189 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 23 births in a single year.
Axten by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 107 births that decade — 57% of Axten's all-time total
Axten decade highlights
- Peak decade 107 births
- Runner-up 75 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Axten's strongest decade
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
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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, 2009–2024 (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.