Aksel

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Aksel: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Aksel: Recorded every year since 1945, it reached #6 in 2021, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
101times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#6highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for
70names it appears alongside

What stands out in Aksel's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Moved 177 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move
Appears alongside 70 other names across 6 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships
Shares a published list with another name across 81 years. Longest shared records

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2006–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#4052
2007	#3589
2008	#3158
2009	#2837
2010	#3332
2011	#2892
2012	#3416
2013	#2403
2014	#2079
2015	#1902
2016	#1431
2017	#1812
2018	#1382
2019	#1253
2020	#1314
2021	#1688
2022	#1224
2023	#1461
2024	#1132

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in every year from 1945 to 2025.

In 2024: #20 among boys in Norway, #1132 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #174 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #6 among boys in Norway, in 2021 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #25 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Aksel appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 81 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 6,571 births with the name.

Aksel across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Aksel's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#174 (1945)	#6 (2021)	#25 (2025)	81 of 81	6,571 (1945–2025)	313 (2016)
England and Wales · Boys	#4052 (2006)	#1132 (2024)	#1132 (2024)	19 of 19	230 (2006–2024)	25 (2024)

Aksel by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Aksel in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	130	5 of 10	26
1950s	196	10 of 10	20
1960s	166	10 of 10	17
1970s	155	10 of 10	16
1980s	196	10 of 10	20
1990s	466	10 of 10	47
2000s	1,152	10 of 10	115
2010sbusiest	2,671	10 of 10	267
2020s	1,439	6 of 10	240

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 267 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2008 and 2009, when recorded births rose by 88, from 146 to 234.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Aksel appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #6 in Norway in 2021.

Aksel's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1132	25	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1461	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1224	22	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1688	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1314	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1253	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1382	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1812	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1431	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1902	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#25	222	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#20	244	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#25	202	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#13	264	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#6	292	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#16	215	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#12	259	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#9	269	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#15	261	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#11	313	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#10	300	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#12	298	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#18	253	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#29	221	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#25	237	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#21	260	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#29	234	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#62	146	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#53	151	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#65	129	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#66	120	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#70	111	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#103	75	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#112	63	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#133	49	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#104	74	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#118	59	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#122	57	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#100	72	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#150	47	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#177	35	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#135	50	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#159	43	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#161	41	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#168	41	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#243	21	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#251	21	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#213	27	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#204	29	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#256	21	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#385	11	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#208	29	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#276	18	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#298	16	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#340	12	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#353	12	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#263	18	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#384	10	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#278	16	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#289	15	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#259	18	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#262	18	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#279	16	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#379	10	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#256	18	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#270	16	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#340	11	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#240	18	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#225	21	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#240	18	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#268	15	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#244	16	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#336	9	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#207	21	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#212	18	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#207	19	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#211	17	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#235	14	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#221	16	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#192	21	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#197	18	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#189	20	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#162	28	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#209	15	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#180	21	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#167	26	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#163	26	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#184	21	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#150	34	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#171	26	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#174	23	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #6, first reached in 2021.

It held a top-100 place in 23 years, 22 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 313 births, registered in Norway in 2016.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 77 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Akram · #355, 30y
Aksa · #1139, 20y
Akshara · #1225, 19y
Akshay · #406, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Elisabeth · #6, 81y
Fredrik · #6, 81y
Helene · #7, 81y
Kristine · #5, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Ada · #6, 76y
Berit · #6, 72y
Bjørg · #6, 70y
Elisabeth · #6, 81y

Comparisons involving Aksel

Existing comparison pages where Aksel and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Aksel in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Anders vs Aksel
Anders and Aksel were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #293 and #25.
Anders · Aksel · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Andreas vs Aksel
Andreas and Aksel were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #96 and #25.
Andreas · Aksel · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Arne vs Aksel
Arne and Aksel were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #222 and #25.
Arne · Aksel · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Aksel and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Noah vs Aksel
In 2016, Noah moved ahead of Aksel in Norway · Boys — #11 and #10 the year before became #5 and #11.
Noah · Aksel · 33 shared years, 1990–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 2016 Norway ranking
Liam vs Aksel
In 2022, Liam moved ahead of Aksel in Norway · Boys — #8 and #6 the year before became #7 and #13.
Liam · Aksel · 36 shared years, 1982–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 2022 Norway ranking
David vs Aksel
In Norway · Boys, Aksel moved into the top 50 at #29 in 2009 as David fell out of it to #53, having been #47 the year before.
David · Aksel · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2009 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Aksel measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Aksel at its highest position.

Bjørn vs Aksel
Bjørn and Aksel were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #56 and #25.
Bjørn · Aksel · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Aksel vs Christian
Aksel and Christian were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #25 and #131.
Aksel · Christian · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Daniel vs Aksel
Daniel and Aksel were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #66 and #25.
Daniel · Aksel · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Aksel was ranked #6 in Norway · Boys in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Aksel and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Aksel without appearing here.

Aksel moved ahead of

Aria Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3416 and #3039 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1902 and #4747.
Arne Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3589 and #3095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1902 and #4747.
Harald Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4052 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1902 and #4747.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2403 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2079 and #4632.

Moved ahead of Aksel

William Compare
In 1979 they stood at #263 and #372 in Norway · Boys; by 1980 that had become #353 and #233.
Oliver Compare
In 1997 they stood at #100 and #103 in Norway · Boys; by 1998 that had become #122 and #73.
Emil Compare
In 1971 they stood at #256 and #357 in Norway · Boys; by 1972 that had become #379 and #361.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #13 and #18 in Norway · Boys; by 2023 that had become #25 and #14.

Moved the opposite way to Aksel

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Aksel went from #174 to #25 while Anders went from #55 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Aksel went from #174 to #25 while Arild went from #32 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Aksel went from #174 to #25 while Arne went from #6 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Aksel went from #174 to #25 while Bjørn went from #3 to #56.

Moved the same way as Aksel

Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Aksel went from #174 to #25 and Daniel from #280 to #66.
David Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Aksel went from #174 to #25 and David from #167 to #88.
Emil Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Aksel went from #174 to #25 and Emil from #271 to #2.
Even Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Aksel went from #174 to #25 and Even from #180 to #42.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #6 in Norway in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aksel

Aksel at a glance

What stands out in Aksel's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aksel across 2 official records

Aksel by decade in Norway · Boys

Aksel appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Aksel

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Aksel

Aksel and the names beside it

Aksel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Aksel

Moved the opposite way to Aksel

Moved the same way as Aksel

Aksel at a glance

What stands out in Aksel's record

Aksel across 2 official records

Aksel by decade in Norway · Boys

Aksel appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Aksel

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Aksel

Aksel and the names beside it

Aksel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Aksel

Moved the opposite way to Aksel

Moved the same way as Aksel