NameTides

Aksel

Aksel was the #1,267 boys' name in the US in 2025 (155 babies), and #1,798 in England & Wales and #713 in Canada.

Aksel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Aksel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Aksel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,267 (155)#1,798 (14)——#713 (38)
2024#1,426 (128)#1,132 (25)——#842 (30)
2023#1,288 (149)#1,461 (17)——#665 (39)
2022#1,457 (124)#1,224 (22)—#657 (4)#727 (35)
2021#1,245 (153)#1,688 (14)——#673 (40)
2020#1,177 (163)#1,314 (19)——#878 (27)
2019#1,277 (146)#1,253 (20)——#533 (52)
2018#1,029 (198)#1,382 (18)#704 (3)—#490 (56)
2017#1,252 (146)#1,812 (13)——#731 (34)
2016#1,105 (177)#1,431 (18)——#610 (44)
2015#1,359 (128)#1,902 (12)——#690 (37)
2014#1,362 (125)#2,079 (10)——#681 (37)
2013#2,021 (67)#2,403 (8)——#874 (26)
2012#1,756 (85)#3,416 (5)——#996 (21)
2011#1,635 (93)#2,892 (6)——#869 (25)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #1,029.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1989.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Aksel is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 9,200 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Aksel by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #785WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: #1,023ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,202NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,011CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #571CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #844AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,169TXFlorida: #1,831FL
Aksel (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#22424
Ontario2024#1,2178

Aksel (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AkselCanadaBoys#71338
AkselEngland & WalesBoys#1,79814
AkselIrelandBoys—too few
AkselNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AkselScotlandBoys—too few
AkselUSBoys#1,267155