Boys' name · since 2015
Daxel
Since 2015, U.S. Social Security records show 25 babies named Daxel, peaking in 2020. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,179 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,435 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 25
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Daxel currently ranks #10435 among boys' names in America, with 25 babies recorded since 2015.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daxel has been recorded 25 times among boys since 2015, currently ranked #10435 nationally and more common than 25% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2015 to 2025.
- #27,179 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,435 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 25 born since 2015
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daxel ranks #27,179 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,435 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 25 born since 2015, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,179 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,435 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 25
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Daxel's 25 recorded births place it above 39.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Daxel compares
25 10th 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
Daxel's all-time total is 93% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Daxel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 25 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Daxel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Daxel's full recorded timeline at 2022, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2015, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Daxel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Daxel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (20 births, 80% of the file).
2020s was Daxel's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 80% of all-time use.
Daxel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 20 births (80% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Daxel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~10 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, 2015–2025 (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 Daxel 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.