Axel
The 2025 national count puts Axel at #79, holding steady. The records carry it back to 1880, but its real era is now, 72,459 American children have carried it so far.
What Axel carries
Axel · Teutonic
“divine reward”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Axel’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Axel, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Axel since 1880
Axel peaked in 2020 at #72; #79 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Axel is most common
Among the states, Axel takes its largest share in Wyoming, 0.73% of the boys' names recorded there in 2025, with North Dakota and New Mexico next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Axel
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Audrey
#86 in 2025 · Teutonic
Aubrey
#146 in 2025 · Teutonic
Adeline
#59 in 2025 · Teutonic
Charlie
#133 in 2025 · Teutonic
Arabella
#213 in 2025 · Teutonic
Ella
#29 in 2025 · Teutonic
Emery
#74 in 2025 · Teutonic
Leonardo
#91 in 2025 · Teutonic
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About Axel
How common is Axel today?
The 2025 national count puts Axel at #79, holding steady. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
Does Axel have a meaning on record?
The reference we cite records “divine reward”, of Teutonic origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for Axel?
Nearest by the published recipe: Audrey, Aubrey and Adeline. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
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