How Many People Are Named Axel?
people named Axel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,820 people in the US has this name
Based on 72,668 babies named Axel in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
4,675 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Medieval Danish form of ABSALOM.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Axel (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Axel alive today is about 10 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 14 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Axel first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2020, to 4,675 babies. In 2025, 4,148 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Axel never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #71, in 2023, and it was in the top 100 for 8 years, 2018 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #79.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #79 |
| Best rank | #71 (2023) |
| Years in the top 100 | 8 (2018 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #122 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Axel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Axel were born in California than in any other state: about 11,891 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Axel was given 1.6 times as often in New Mexico, 1.6 times in Nevada and 1.5 times in Arizona.
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