Aksel
Aksel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 127 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1270.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2018198 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1989
- 2,402people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,402 boys have been named Aksel in the United States since 1989, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2018, with 198 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 53%.
By decade
In 2018, its biggest year
Aksel was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2018 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Oliver. See all of 2018.
Names that rose and fell with Aksel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Finnpeak 2017
- Declanpeak 2019
- Fynnpeak 2022
- Henrikpeak 2018
- Graysonpeak 2017
- Joziahpeak 2019
- Caysonpeak 2016
- Raidenpeak 2022
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.