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Axel Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Axel?

In 2018 the popular name Axel, ranked the 94th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 100 most popular, Axel has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

Position 94, its highest popularity ranking, was reached for the first time this year with 4,055 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Axel in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1957.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Axel occurred roughly during the years 1883-1886, 1909-1915, 1965-1969, 1972-1976, 1981-1991, 1993-1996, 1997-2001, and 2013-2017, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1897-1900, and 1916-1919.

The popularity trend for Axel has been soaring upward for a while. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Axel has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Axel?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at or near its highest point.

The name Axel is favored by many parents and will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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   Axel (Girl)Axel (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 8 11,478 4,055 94
2017 18 6,556 3,778 104
2016 10 10,184 3,459 116
2015 12 9,008 3,239 123
2014 10 10,230 2,798 144
2013 5 16,900 2,428 167
2012 < 5 -- 2,477 162
2011 10 10,494 3,035 136
2010 7 13,650 1,971 187
2009 11 10,059 1,319 264
2008 8 12,726 1,256 272
2007 11 10,217 1,196 287
2006 < 5 -- 1,132 296
2005 9 11,040 1,047 314
2004 5 16,430 938 325
2003 < 5 -- 807 346
2002 8 11,269 910 314
2001 5 15,662 1,273 257
2000 < 5 -- 731 361
1999 < 5 -- 191 799
1998 < 5 -- 192 796
1997 < 5 -- 170 840
1996 < 5 -- 161 860
1995 < 5 -- 145 917
1994 < 5 -- 133 954
1993 < 5 -- 124 965
1992 < 5 -- 135 911
1991 < 5 -- 151 846
1990 < 5 -- 131 899
1989 < 5 -- 114 954
1988 < 5 -- 47 1,554
1987 < 5 -- 49 1,468
1986 < 5 -- 56 1,299
1985 < 5 -- 36 1,700
1984 < 5 -- 37 1,605
1983 < 5 -- 29 1,863
1982 < 5 -- 25 2,117
1981 < 5 -- 25 2,089
1980 < 5 -- 26 2,065
1979 < 5 -- 29 1,868
1978 < 5 -- 20 2,287
1977 < 5 -- 24 2,009
1976 < 5 -- 26 1,881
1975 < 5 -- 17 2,456
1974 < 5 -- 18 2,284
1973 < 5 -- 20 2,046
1972 < 5 -- 15 2,436
1971 < 5 -- 19 2,131
1970 < 5 -- 33 1,465
1969 < 5 -- 30 1,462
1968 < 5 -- 23 1,652
1967 < 5 -- 12 2,358
1966 < 5 -- 14 2,141
1965 < 5 -- 15 2,095
1964 < 5 -- 15 2,122
1963 < 5 -- 13 2,305
1962 < 5 -- 14 2,199
1961 < 5 -- 18 1,953
1960 < 5 -- 13 2,322
1959 < 5 -- 19 1,865
1958 < 5 -- 19 1,837
1957 < 5 -- < 5 --
1956 < 5 -- 9 2,806
1955 < 5 -- 6 3,531
1954 < 5 -- < 5 --
1953 < 5 -- < 5 --
1952 < 5 -- 11 2,386
1951 < 5 -- 7 3,086
1950 < 5 -- 14 2,032
1949 < 5 -- 9 2,621
1948 < 5 -- 5 3,716
1947 < 5 -- 9 2,682
1946 < 5 -- 7 2,940
1945 < 5 -- 8 2,579
1944 < 5 -- 8 2,645
1943 < 5 -- 12 2,181
1942 < 5 -- 9 2,545
1941 < 5 -- 9 2,498
1940 < 5 -- 5 3,484
1939 < 5 -- 8 2,621
1938 < 5 -- 6 3,202
1937 < 5 -- 8 2,689
1936 < 5 -- 11 2,195
1935 < 5 -- 15 1,841
1934 < 5 -- 8 2,756
1933 < 5 -- < 5 --
1932 < 5 -- 10 2,475
1931 < 5 -- 8 2,881
1930 < 5 -- 15 1,972
1929 < 5 -- 20 1,677
1928 < 5 -- 6 3,737
1927 < 5 -- 23 1,606
1926 < 5 -- 13 2,312
1925 < 5 -- 33 1,252
1924 < 5 -- 22 1,680
1923 < 5 -- 24 1,554
1922 < 5 -- 23 1,594
1921 < 5 -- 41 1,105
1920 < 5 -- 27 1,422
1919 < 5 -- 21 1,633
1918 < 5 -- 40 1,080
1917 < 5 -- 36 1,115
1916 < 5 -- 49 895
1915 < 5 -- 49 881
1914 < 5 -- 25 1,157
1913 < 5 -- 21 1,114
1912 < 5 -- 27 857
1911 < 5 -- 11 1,043
1910 < 5 -- 12 935
1909 < 5 -- 8 1,088
1908 < 5 -- 6 1,230
1907 < 5 -- 11 821
1906 < 5 -- 12 711
1905 < 5 -- 8 930
1904 < 5 -- 6 1,074
1903 < 5 -- 10 737
1902 < 5 -- 8 868
1901 < 5 -- 6 959
1900 < 5 -- 11 788
1899 < 5 -- 14 522
1898 < 5 -- 20 453
1897 < 5 -- 17 477
1896 < 5 -- 15 536
1895 < 5 -- 20 438
1894 < 5 -- 10 677
1893 < 5 -- 23 371
1892 < 5 -- 13 573
1891 < 5 -- 17 429
1890 < 5 -- 16 462
1889 < 5 -- 18 434
1888 < 5 -- 16 484
1887 < 5 -- 18 394
1886 < 5 -- 25 337
1885 < 5 -- 16 464
1884 < 5 -- 16 470
1883 < 5 -- 12 530
1882 < 5 -- 12 540
1881 < 5 -- 14 463
1880 < 5 -- 16 442

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.