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Widely Popular Thanks To Guns N' Roses Singer Axl Rose. It's The Scandinavian Version Of "Absalom"" From The Bible As Well".
Also a Jules Verne's character in Journey to the center of the Earth.
Axel Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
99.68%
Male
0.32%
Female
Axel is predominantly a boys name, with 0.32% of Axels being girls, and 99.68% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 47310 males named Axel, and 151 females given the name
Popularity of Axel by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Axel in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Blank States = Few to None
Axel: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2024
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Axel' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name Axel in the USA from 1880-2024. 1 being the highest and most popular, 40337 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 40337 unique total names have been given to boys living in the United States so far. Axel's average ranking is 1780.7, with it's highest ever rank being #. Axel has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 2 times, and has reached the top hundred names 7 times.
Axel has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 47461 boys given the name in the past 200 years. Axel gained the most popularity as a baby name in 2011, when it's usage went up by 155.6%. During this year, 3035 babies were named Axel, which was 0.0836% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.095%, in this year alone more than 3000 boys were named Axel.
Popular 'A' Names for Boys
Boys names starting with 'A'
Listed below are the 20 most commonly used baby names begining with A. These boys names are ordered by their overall popularity of recently named babies in the United states. Also listed is their their rank compared to other 'A' names, their over all rank among all boy names, the total number of baby boys expected to be given this name in 2024, and the total percentage of boys given this name.
| Name | 'A-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander | 1. | 16. | 13321 | 0.368% |
| Aiden | 2. | 22. | 12158 | 0.336% |
| Anthony | 3. | 41. | 9815 | 0.271% |
| Andrew | 4. | 46. | 9324 | 0.258% |
| Aaron | 5. | 69. | 7118 | 0.197% |
| Adrian | 6. | 87. | 6303 | 0.174% |
| Angel | 7. | 105. | 5523 | 0.153% |
| Asher | 8. | 106. | 5466 | 0.151% |
| Austin | 9. | 110. | 5334 | 0.147% |
| Adam | 10. | 114. | 5176 | 0.143% |
| Ayden | 11. | 146. | 4472 | 0.124% |
| Axel | 12. | 197. | 3441 | 0.095% |
| Ashton | 13. | 229. | 3078 | 0.085% |
| Abel | 14. | 238. | 3015 | 0.083% |
| Alex | 15. | 256. | 2826 | 0.078% |
| Alan | 16. | 274. | 2626 | 0.073% |
| Abraham | 17. | 281. | 2559 | 0.071% |
| Antonio | 18. | 282. | 2540 | 0.07% |
| Amir | 19. | 293. | 2429 | 0.067% |
| Alejandro | 20. | 319. | 2196 | 0.061% |