Axle
Axle is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 92 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 920.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2021150 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1989
- 1,717people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,717 boys have been named Axle in the United States since 1989, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 150 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2018, and the 2010s alone account for 56%.
By decade
In 2021, its biggest year
Axle was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Axle
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Axtonpeak 2021
- Huckpeak 2018
- Advikpeak 2017
- Lochlanpeak 2018
- Dashpeak 2017
- Massiahpeak 2021
- Castielpeak 2019
- Daxtonpeak 2019
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.