Axell

#2,006 for boys in 2025, 75 births

Peak · boys
2021 · 111 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,125
since 1995

Axell over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Axell has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
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2025#2,00675
2024#1,80990
2023#1,75493
2022#1,626107
2021#1,565111
2020#1,74388
2019#1,64299
2018#1,93776
2017#3,37833
2016#3,99026
2015#3,98226
2014#5,06618
2013#5,17117
2012#4,13124
2011#3,43431
2010#3,45331
2009#6,09514
2008#4,71420
2007#7,09411
2006#4,22322
2005#4,63118
2004#5,81313
2003#4,61617
2002#4,70316
2001#3,51224
2000#5,04014
1999#8,7046
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First appearance
1995

The first year at least five boys were named Axell! It came in at #8,868, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1995–1998, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Axell is popular in 2018

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,094 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,179 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,153 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 12,148 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Axell, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Michigan#1,094 · 1 in 9,179
  2. California#1,153 · 1 in 12,148

Best ever in a state: #560 in Utah, 2021.

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California#1,153171 in 12,148
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See more about Axell
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 197 spots since 2024 (#1,809 → #2,006)
  • 263 spots since 2020 (#1,743 → #2,006)
  • 1,976 spots since 2015 (#3,982 → #2,006)
Rise & fade · boys
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1995
  • Peaked 2021 at #1,565 (111 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,761
  • Highest: 1 in 15,761 boys born in 2021 were named Axell (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 22,774 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 50.1% of all boys named Axell (564) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s11#8,704 (1999)#8,786
2000s169#3,512 (2001)#5,044
2010s381#1,642 (2019)#3,618
2020s564#1,565 (2021)#1,751

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Axell in 2018

boys
#1,937
76 births · 1 in 23,897 boys

Top boys' names in 2018

  1. #1Liam19,977
  2. #2Noah18,441
  3. #3William14,646
  4. #4James13,650
  5. #5Oliver13,500
  6. #6Benjamin13,488
  7. #7Elijah13,020
  8. #8Lucas12,665
  9. #9Mason12,526
  10. #10Logan12,447
  11. #1,937Axell76
More about 2018

boys

1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 23,897 of them was named Axell, which outranked 86.3% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Axell
  1. #1,920Sevyn77
  2. #1,920Stellan77
  3. #1,920Theron77
  4. #1,937Axell76
  5. #1,937Cam76
  6. #1,937Cassidy76
  7. #1,937Chosen76
  8. #1,959Adonai75
  9. #1,959Amin75
  10. #1,959Arnav75

Tied with 21 names at #1,937; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 594Genesis#1,575 → #981
  2. ↑ 436Baker#1,149 → #713
  3. ↑ 430Saint#1,287 → #857
  4. ↑ 319Kairo#802 → #483
  5. ↑ 307Watson#1,020 → #713
Fallers
  1. ↓ 235Aaden#893 → #1,128
  2. ↓ 224Dilan#917 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 201Craig#980 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 177Mike#951 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 172Harper#798 → #970

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2018 →