Axell Boy
How popular is Axell?
#2,006 boy name in 2025
75 baby boys were named Axell in the US in 2025, making it the 2006th most popular boy name.
Axell popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,006 for boys (▼ 197 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 75 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+188% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,980 in 2015, #1,743 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (111 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,565 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 1995 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Axell counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Axel family of names ranked #83 for boys in 2025 (#84 the year before), with 4,426 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Axel | 4,140 | 94% |
| Aksel | 155 | 4% |
| Axell | 75 | 2% |
| Axyl | 23 | 1% |
| Axil | 7 | 0% |
| Aksil | 6 | 0% |
| Acxel | 9 | 0% |
| Axzel | 6 | 0% |
| Akzel | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Axell is most popular
Babies named Axell per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arizona: 0.1 per 1,000 (22 boys)
- Utah: 0.1 per 1,000 (7 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (60 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 boys)
Axell by decade
Boy names about as popular as Axell
Questions
- Is Axell a boy or girl name?
- Axell is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Axell were boys.
- How popular is the name Axell?
- 75 baby boys were named Axell in the US in 2025, making it the 2006th most popular boy name.
- When was Axell most popular?
- Axell peaked in 2021, when 111 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,565 in 2021.
- How many people are named Axell?
- 1,125 babies have been named Axell in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,118 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Axell most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Axell was most common in Arizona, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.