Axel Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Axel: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 72,459 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

72,459

Peak year

2020 #72

Years on the list

142

10-year trend

+6.4%

In the 2020s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	3,036	#137
2012	2,482	#162
2013	2,428	#168
2014	2,806	#145
2015	3,249	#123
2016	3,467	#116
2017	3,789	#104
2018	4,074	#94
2019	4,505	#84
2020	4,667	#72
2021	4,540	#76
2022	4,350	#76
2023	4,523	#71
2024	4,255	#78
2025	4,140	#79

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 2020

689

645

252

238

164

154

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