Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Axel

#399 most common boys' name of all time · #874 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#399
Rank overall
#874 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
142 of 146
All-time
72,668
Since 2016
42,418
Peak year
2020 #72
Best rank
#71 2023
Girls Boys peak 4,675/yr
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Axel is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 8 4,140 4,148 #79
2024 8 4,255 4,263 #78
2023 12 4,523 4,535 #71
2022 15 4,350 4,365 #76
2021 13 4,540 4,553 #76
2020 8 4,667 4,675 #72
2019 8 4,505 4,513 #84
2018 8 4,074 4,082 #94
2017 18 3,789 3,807 #104
2016 10 3,467 3,477 #116
2015 12 3,249 3,261 #123
2014 10 2,806 2,816 #145
2013 5 2,428 2,433 #168
2012 — 2,482 2,482 #162
2011 10 3,036 3,046 #137
2010 7 1,973 1,980 #187
2009 11 1,319 1,330 #264
2008 8 1,257 1,265 #272
2007 11 1,196 1,207 #288
2006 — 1,132 1,132 #296
2005 9 1,047 1,056 #314
2004 5 938 943 #325
2003 — 809 809 #346
2002 8 910 918 #314
2001 5 1,274 1,279 #258
2000 — 731 731 #361
1999 — 191 191 #799
1998 — 192 192 #796
1997 — 171 171 #838
1996 — 161 161 #861
1995 — 145 145 #919
1994 — 133 133 #955
1993 — 124 124 #965
1992 — 135 135 #912
1991 — 151 151 #845
1990 — 131 131 #898
1989 — 115 115 #951
1988 — 48 48 #1,529
1987 — 49 49 #1,469
1986 — 56 56 #1,302
1985 — 36 36 #1,701
1984 — 37 37 #1,609
1983 — 29 29 #1,870
1982 — 25 25 #2,111
1981 — 25 25 #2,089
1980 — 26 26 #2,061
1979 — 29 29 #1,871
1978 — 20 20 #2,282
1977 — 24 24 #2,012
1976 — 26 26 #1,877
1975 — 17 17 #2,457
1974 — 17 17 #2,365
1973 — 20 20 #2,043
1972 — 16 16 #2,331
1971 — 19 19 #2,131
1970 — 34 34 #1,439
1969 — 31 31 #1,445
1968 — 23 23 #1,655
1967 — 12 12 #2,365
1966 — 14 14 #2,136
1965 — 15 15 #2,092
1964 — 15 15 #2,121
1963 — 13 13 #2,306
1962 — 14 14 #2,189
1961 — 18 18 #1,950
1960 — 13 13 #2,322
1959 — 19 19 #1,870
1958 — 19 19 #1,843
1956 — 9 9 #2,810
1955 — 6 6 #3,527
1952 — 11 11 #2,388
1951 — 7 7 #3,077
1950 — 14 14 #2,028
1949 — 9 9 #2,623
1948 — 5 5 #3,699
1947 — 9 9 #2,688
1946 — 7 7 #2,936
1945 — 8 8 #2,591
1944 — 8 8 #2,652
1943 — 12 12 #2,192
1942 — 9 9 #2,537
1941 — 9 9 #2,495
1940 — 5 5 #3,482
1939 — 8 8 #2,624
1938 — 6 6 #3,198
1937 — 8 8 #2,697
1936 — 11 11 #2,196
1935 — 15 15 #1,848
1934 — 8 8 #2,769
1932 — 10 10 #2,480
1931 — 8 8 #2,884
1930 — 15 15 #1,980
1929 — 20 20 #1,678
1928 — 6 6 #3,726
1927 — 23 23 #1,607
1926 — 13 13 #2,313
1925 — 33 33 #1,253
1924 — 22 22 #1,680
1923 — 24 24 #1,553
1922 — 23 23 #1,597
1921 — 41 41 #1,105
1920 — 27 27 #1,418
1919 — 21 21 #1,626
1918 — 40 40 #1,080
1917 — 36 36 #1,114
1916 — 49 49 #894
1915 — 49 49 #882
1914 — 25 25 #1,155
1913 — 21 21 #1,114
1912 — 27 27 #857
1911 — 11 11 #1,055
1910 — 12 12 #935
1909 — 8 8 #1,098
1908 — 6 6 #1,229
1907 — 11 11 #833
1906 — 12 12 #720
1905 — 8 8 #932
1904 — 6 6 #1,087
1903 — 10 10 #743
1902 — 8 8 #878
1901 — 6 6 #960
1900 — 11 11 #796
1899 — 14 14 #526
1898 — 20 20 #459
1897 — 17 17 #484
1896 — 15 15 #540
1895 — 20 20 #443
1894 — 10 10 #682
1893 — 23 23 #378
1892 — 13 13 #578
1891 — 17 17 #433
1890 — 16 16 #473
1889 — 18 18 #438
1888 — 16 16 #489
1887 — 18 18 #398
1886 — 25 25 #346
1885 — 16 16 #468
1884 — 16 16 #478
1883 — 12 12 #532
1882 — 12 12 #551
1881 — 14 14 #471
1880 — 16 16 #443