Axle Boy
How popular is Axle?
#1,708 boy name in 2025
95 baby boys were named Axle in the US in 2025, making it the 1708th most popular boy name.
Axle popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,708 for boys (▲ 44 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 95 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-25% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,369 in 2015, #1,368 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (150 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,265 in 2019 |
| First recorded | 1989 |
| 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 |
Axle counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Axl family of names ranked #802 for boys in 2025 (#765 the year before), with 285 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Axl | 190 | 67% |
| Axle | 95 | 33% |
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 Axle is most popular
Babies named Axle per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Axle by decade
Boy names about as popular as Axle
Questions
- Is Axle a boy or girl name?
- Axle is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Axle were boys.
- How popular is the name Axle?
- 95 baby boys were named Axle in the US in 2025, making it the 1708th most popular boy name.
- When was Axle most popular?
- Axle peaked in 2021, when 150 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,265 in 2019.
- How many people are named Axle?
- 1,816 babies have been named Axle in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,805 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Axle most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Axle was most common in Tennessee, 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.