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Axel
Pronounced /ˈæk.səl/
Rank in 2024
#78
Born in 2024
4,245
Peak year
2020 · #72
Origin
Germanic
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 4,245 boys were named Axel, about 1 in every 404.
- It peaked in 2020 with 4,666 babies, ranked #72.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 68,288 boys have been named Axel since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Axel per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.6Gen Z1997–12
- 2.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 572 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 166 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 188 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 342 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,400 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Z: 18,658 babies, 0.59 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 46,623 babies, 2.15 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Danish Aksel, first used for the bishop and statesman Absalon Hvide (1128–1201), from biblical Absalom. Some sources suggest that the bishop was originally named Áskell, from Old Norse "god" + "cauldron, helmet", and Absalon was chosen as the nearest-sounding Christian equivalent, leading to the exchange of the middle consonants.
- A male given name from the Germanic languages in quiet use since the 19th century.
- Origin
- Germanic
- Say it
- /ˈæk.səl/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Axel, CC BY-SA 4.0.