NameTides

Axel

Axel was the #79 boys' name in the US in 2025 (4,140 babies), and #147 in England & Wales and #120 in Canada.

Axel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Axel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandNorthern Ireland
Axel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#79 (4,140)#147 (363)#226 (18)#314 (5)#252 (18)#120 (255)—
2024#78 (4,255)#129 (431)#130 (37)#278 (6)#240 (18)#106 (285)—
2023#71 (4,523)#109 (475)#192 (23)#132 (18)#198 (25)#102 (293)—
2022#76 (4,350)#100 (547)#126 (44)#154 (15)#251 (19)#70 (416)—
2021#76 (4,540)#138 (411)#186 (25)#200 (11)#232 (21)#70 (457)—
2020#72 (4,667)#168 (311)#164 (28)#392 (3)#211 (23)#81 (397)#87 (103)
2019#84 (4,505)#228 (221)#264 (15)#312 (5)#402 (9)#98 (352)—
2018#94 (4,074)#244 (213)#433 (7)#234 (8)#329 (12)#131 (284)—
2017#104 (3,789)#303 (165)#264 (17)#279 (6)#374 (10)#143 (270)—
2016#116 (3,467)#362 (128)#375 (9)—#448 (7)#173 (217)—
2015#123 (3,249)#363 (122)#470 (6)—#376 (10)#217 (170)—
2014#145 (2,806)#457 (86)#439 (7)—#609 (4)#221 (168)—
2013#168 (2,428)#632 (54)#687 (3)—#479 (6)#268 (126)—
2012#162 (2,482)#634 (55)——#616 (4)#310 (101)—
2011#137 (3,036)#759 (41)#648 (3)—#623 (4)#327 (94)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #72.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 410 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 410common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 750common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 620common

Next year

On its recent trend, Axel is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 410 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 390 to 1 in 440.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Axel by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #126MEWisconsin: #104WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #169NHWashington: #97WAIdaho: #89IDMontana: #109MTNorth Dakota: #53NDMinnesota: #88MNIllinois: #90ILMichigan: #131MINew York: #76NYMassachusetts: #90MAOregon: #81ORNevada: #54NVWyoming: #54WYSouth Dakota: #85SDIowa: #82IAIndiana: #91INOhio: #144OHPennsylvania: #108PANew Jersey: #107NJConnecticut: #106CTRhode Island: #125RICalifornia: #70CAUtah: #90UTColorado: #74CONebraska: #66NEMissouri: #134MOKentucky: #69KYWest Virginia: #113WVVirginia: #77VAMaryland: #72MDDelaware: #126DEArizona: #66AZNew Mexico: #53NMKansas: #66KSArkansas: #92ARTennessee: #73TNNorth Carolina: #69NCSouth Carolina: #108SCDistrict of Columbia: #97DCOklahoma: #51OKLouisiana: #106LAMississippi: #151MSAlabama: #110ALGeorgia: #82GAHawaii: #146HITexas: #57TXFlorida: #89FL
Axel (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#65106
Ontario2024#17777

Axel (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
AxelCanadaGirls—too few
AxelCanadaBoys#120255
AxelEngland & WalesBoys#147363
AxelIrelandBoys#25218
AxelNorthern IrelandBoys#3145
AxelNSWBoys—too few
AxelScotlandBoys#22618
AxelUSGirls#10,9178
AxelUSBoys#794,140