Aksel Boy
How popular is Aksel?
#1,267 boy name in 2025
155 baby boys were named Aksel in the US in 2025, making it the 1267th most popular boy name.
Aksel popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,267 for boys (▲ 159 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 155 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+21% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,359 in 2015, #1,177 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (198 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,029 in 2018 |
| 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 |
Aksel counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Axel family of names ranked #83 for boys in 2025 (#84 the year before), with 4,426 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Axel | 4,140 | 94% |
| Aksel | 155 | 4% |
| Axell | 75 | 2% |
| Axyl | 23 | 1% |
| Axil | 7 | 0% |
| Aksil | 6 | 0% |
| Acxel | 9 | 0% |
| Axzel | 6 | 0% |
| Akzel | 5 | 0% |
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 Aksel is most popular
Babies named Aksel per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Colorado: 0.4 per 1,000 (49 boys)
- Wisconsin: 0.2 per 1,000 (27 boys)
- Minnesota: 0.2 per 1,000 (26 boys)
- Oregon: 0.2 per 1,000 (15 boys)
- Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (31 boys)
Aksel by decade
Boy names about as popular as Aksel
Questions
- Is Aksel a boy or girl name?
- Aksel is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Aksel were boys.
- How popular is the name Aksel?
- 155 baby boys were named Aksel in the US in 2025, making it the 1267th most popular boy name.
- When was Aksel most popular?
- Aksel peaked in 2018, when 198 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,029 in 2018.
- How many people are named Aksel?
- 2,561 babies have been named Aksel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,543 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Aksel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Aksel was most common in Colorado, at 0.4 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.