Axl Boy
How popular is Axl?
#1,123 boy name in 2025
190 baby boys were named Axl in the US in 2025, making it the 1123rd most popular boy name.
Axl popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,123 for boys (▼ 100 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 190 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-39% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #761 in 2015, #756 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (379 boys) |
| Highest rank | #677 in 2019 |
| First recorded | 1988 |
| 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 |
Axl counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Axl family of names ranked #802 for boys in 2025 (#765 the year before), with 285 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Axl | 190 | 67% |
| Axle | 95 | 33% |
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 Axl is most popular
Babies named Axl per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 0.5 per 1,000 (15 boys)
- Kentucky: 0.3 per 1,000 (32 boys)
- Arkansas: 0.3 per 1,000 (17 boys)
- Wisconsin: 0.2 per 1,000 (29 boys)
- Colorado: 0.2 per 1,000 (31 boys)
Axl by decade
Boy names about as popular as Axl
Questions
- Is Axl a boy or girl name?
- Axl is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Axl were boys.
- How popular is the name Axl?
- 190 baby boys were named Axl in the US in 2025, making it the 1123rd most popular boy name.
- When was Axl most popular?
- Axl peaked in 2019, when 379 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #677 in 2019.
- How many people are named Axl?
- 4,413 babies have been named Axl in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,380 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Axl most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Axl was most common in West Virginia, at 0.5 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.