Boy · #79 in 2025
Axel
Axel: popularity and trends since 1880
- Rank
- #79
- Born 2025
- 4,140
- Peak year
- 2020
Popularity, 1880–2025
per 100,000 boys born
Recent trend
Axel has been rising: its share of boys born has grown over the last 10 years. It now stands at 90% of its 2020 peak.
Sounds good with
Names of the other sex that are about as common right now, so two siblings' names do not sound a generation apart.