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Axel

maleStatistical record

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

No researched meaning or origin yet — what that means.

Pronunciation

Community-contributed pronunciation recording

A German pronunciation, as its file is labelled. Recording by Jeuwre. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

VerifiedSource: Wikidata.Confidence: medium.

Axel: Recorded every year since 1947, it reached #87 in 2020, and it stood at #126 in 2025.

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2025

England and Wales · Boys rank from 1996 to 2025, ranging from #100 to #1347.200020052010201520202025#100#1347
How to read this chart#1#500no figure publishedUp means a stronger rankBottom is this name's lowest,not zero
  • A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
  • Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
  • A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.
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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
YearRank
1996#898
1997#914
1998#850
1999#1130
2000#1167
2001#947
2002#907
2003#1248
2004#1347
2005#919
2006#748
2007#1053
2008#867
2009#944
2010#706
2011#759
2012#634
2013#632
2014#457
2015#363
2016#362
2017#303
2018#244
2019#228
2020#168
2021#138
2022#100
2023#109
2024#129
2025#147

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 1947 to 2025.

In 2025: #126 among boys in Norway, #147 among boys in England and Wales, #252 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1947–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1947

    First recorded at #332 among boys in Norway in 1947 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Boys

  2. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #147 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Boys

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1947 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #87 in New South Wales, Australia in 2020.

Axel'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.
YearRegionCategoryRankBirths registeredConfidenceStatus
2025England and Walesmale#147363HighVerified
2024England and Walesmale#129431HighVerified
2023England and Walesmale#109475HighVerified
2022England and Walesmale#100547HighVerified
2021England and Walesmale#138411HighVerified
2020England and Walesmale#168311HighVerified
2019England and Walesmale#228221HighVerified
2018England and Walesmale#244213HighVerified
2017England and Walesmale#303165HighVerified
2016England and Walesmale#362128HighVerified
2015England and Walesmale#363122HighVerified
2014England and Walesmale#45786HighVerified
2013England and Walesmale#63254HighVerified
2012England and Walesmale#63455HighVerified
2011England and Walesmale#75941HighVerified
2010England and Walesmale#70643HighVerified
2009England and Walesmale#94428HighVerified
2008England and Walesmale#86731HighVerified
2007England and Walesmale#105323HighVerified
2006England and Walesmale#74834HighVerified
2005England and Walesmale#91924HighVerified
2004England and Walesmale#134713HighVerified
2003England and Walesmale#124813HighVerified
2002England and Walesmale#90719HighVerified
2001England and Walesmale#94717HighVerified
2000England and Walesmale#116712HighVerified
1999England and Walesmale#113012HighVerified
1998England and Walesmale#85018HighVerified
1997England and Walesmale#91416HighVerified
1996England and Walesmale#89816HighVerified
2020New South Wales, Australiamale#87103InsufficientNot yet available
2024Northern Irelandmale#2786HighVerified
2023Northern Irelandmale#13218HighVerified
2022Northern Irelandmale#15415HighVerified
2021Northern Irelandmale#20011HighVerified
2020Northern Irelandmale#3923HighVerified
2019Northern Irelandmale#3125HighVerified
2018Northern Irelandmale#2348HighVerified
2017Northern Irelandmale#2796HighVerified
2025Norwaymale#12646HighVerified
2024Norwaymale#12146HighVerified
2023Norwaymale#9966HighVerified
2022Norwaymale#10557HighVerified
2021Norwaymale#11154HighVerified
2020Norwaymale#10951HighVerified
2019Norwaymale#11457HighVerified
2018Norwaymale#10664HighVerified
2017Norwaymale#11262HighVerified
2016Norwaymale#10172HighVerified
2015Norwaymale#9685HighVerified
2014Norwaymale#13452HighVerified
2013Norwaymale#10967HighVerified
2012Norwaymale#11366HighVerified
2011Norwaymale#11866HighVerified
2010Norwaymale#12462HighVerified
2009Norwaymale#12362HighVerified
2008Norwaymale#15244HighVerified
2007Norwaymale#13055HighVerified
2006Norwaymale#13852HighVerified
2005Norwaymale#16339HighVerified
2004Norwaymale#14447HighVerified
2003Norwaymale#14743HighVerified
2002Norwaymale#18429HighVerified
2001Norwaymale#14844HighVerified
2000Norwaymale#15644HighVerified
1999Norwaymale#19229HighVerified
1998Norwaymale#14845HighVerified
1997Norwaymale#19130HighVerified
1996Norwaymale#15941HighVerified
1995Norwaymale#21326HighVerified
1994Norwaymale#19831HighVerified
1993Norwaymale#22127HighVerified
1992Norwaymale#21729HighVerified
1991Norwaymale#21230HighVerified
1990Norwaymale#19831HighVerified
1989Norwaymale#22926HighVerified
1988Norwaymale#21826HighVerified
1987Norwaymale#26818HighVerified
1986Norwaymale#23824HighVerified
1985Norwaymale#30715HighVerified
1984Norwaymale#29517HighVerified
1983Norwaymale#31415HighVerified
1982Norwaymale#26919HighVerified
1981Norwaymale#32413HighVerified
1980Norwaymale#37611HighVerified
1979Norwaymale#31914HighVerified
1978Norwaymale#30914HighVerified
1977Norwaymale#35112HighVerified
1976Norwaymale#4169HighVerified
1975Norwaymale#39110HighVerified
1974Norwaymale#28316HighVerified
1973Norwaymale#37710HighVerified
1972Norwaymale#30714HighVerified
1971Norwaymale#30014HighVerified
1970Norwaymale#28715HighVerified
1969Norwaymale#24019HighVerified
1968Norwaymale#24417HighVerified
1967Norwaymale#3838HighVerified
1966Norwaymale#27514HighVerified
1965Norwaymale#27614HighVerified
1964Norwaymale#26414HighVerified
1963Norwaymale#3399HighVerified
1962Norwaymale#3747HighVerified
1961Norwaymale#30210HighVerified
1960Norwaymale#3737HighVerified
1959Norwaymale#3258HighVerified
1958Norwaymale#4085HighVerified
1957Norwaymale#3437HighVerified
1956Norwaymale#3357HighVerified
1955Norwaymale#2958HighVerified
1954Norwaymale#3197HighVerified
1953Norwaymale#3565HighVerified
1952Norwaymale#2759HighVerified
1951Norwaymale#21715HighVerified
1950Norwaymale#2888HighVerified
1949Norwaymale#3156HighVerified
1948Norwaymale#2898HighVerified
1947Norwaymale#3326HighVerified
2025Republic of Irelandmale#25218HighVerified
2024Republic of Irelandmale#24018HighVerified
2023Republic of Irelandmale#19825HighVerified
2022Republic of Irelandmale#25119HighVerified
2021Republic of Irelandmale#23221HighVerified
2020Republic of Irelandmale#21123HighVerified
2019Republic of Irelandmale#4029HighVerified
2018Republic of Irelandmale#32912HighVerified
2017Republic of Irelandmale#37410HighVerified
2016Republic of Irelandmale#4487HighVerified
2015Republic of Irelandmale#37610HighVerified
2014Republic of Irelandmale#6094HighVerified
2013Republic of Irelandmale#4796HighVerified
2012Republic of Irelandmale#6164HighVerified
2011Republic of Irelandmale#6234HighVerified
2008Republic of Irelandmale#5295HighVerified
2007Republic of Irelandmale#6293HighVerified
2006Republic of Irelandmale#4934HighVerified
2024Scotlandmale#13037HighVerified

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

Where Axel is officially recorded

6 official registrars have recorded Axel, between 1947 and 2025. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

NorwayNorway: recorded in 1947Norway: recorded in 1948Norway: recorded in 1949Norway: recorded in 1950Norway: recorded in 1951Norway: recorded in 1952Norway: recorded in 1953Norway: recorded in 1954Norway: recorded in 1955Norway: recorded in 1956Norway: recorded in 1957Norway: recorded in 1958Norway: recorded in 1959Norway: recorded in 1960Norway: recorded in 1961Norway: recorded in 1962Norway: recorded in 1963Norway: recorded in 1964Norway: recorded in 1965Norway: recorded in 1966Norway: recorded in 1967Norway: recorded in 1968Norway: recorded in 1969Norway: recorded in 1970Norway: recorded in 1971Norway: recorded in 1972Norway: recorded in 1973Norway: recorded in 1974Norway: recorded in 1975Norway: recorded in 1976Norway: recorded in 1977Norway: recorded in 1978Norway: recorded in 1979Norway: recorded in 1980Norway: recorded in 1981Norway: recorded in 1982Norway: recorded in 1983Norway: recorded in 1984Norway: recorded in 1985Norway: recorded in 1986Norway: recorded in 1987Norway: recorded in 1988Norway: recorded in 1989Norway: recorded in 1990Norway: recorded in 1991Norway: recorded in 1992Norway: recorded in 1993Norway: recorded in 1994Norway: recorded in 1995Norway: recorded in 1996Norway: recorded in 1997Norway: recorded in 1998Norway: recorded in 1999Norway: recorded in 2000Norway: recorded in 2001Norway: recorded in 2002Norway: recorded in 2003Norway: recorded in 2004Norway: recorded in 2005Norway: recorded in 2006Norway: recorded in 2007Norway: recorded in 2008Norway: recorded in 2009Norway: recorded in 2010Norway: recorded in 2011Norway: recorded in 2012Norway: recorded in 2013Norway: recorded in 2014Norway: recorded in 2015Norway: recorded in 2016Norway: recorded in 2017Norway: recorded in 2018Norway: recorded in 2019Norway: recorded in 2020Norway: recorded in 2021Norway: recorded in 2022Norway: recorded in 2023Norway: recorded in 2024Norway: recorded in 2025Norway: highest position in 2015England and WalesEngland and Wales: recorded in 1996England and Wales: recorded in 1997England and Wales: recorded in 1998England and Wales: recorded in 1999England and Wales: recorded in 2000England and Wales: recorded in 2001England and Wales: recorded in 2002England and Wales: recorded in 2003England and Wales: recorded in 2004England and Wales: recorded in 2005England and Wales: recorded in 2006England and Wales: recorded in 2007England and Wales: recorded in 2008England and Wales: recorded in 2009England and Wales: recorded in 2010England and Wales: recorded in 2011England and Wales: recorded in 2012England and Wales: recorded in 2013England and Wales: recorded in 2014England and Wales: recorded in 2015England and Wales: recorded in 2016England and Wales: recorded in 2017England and Wales: recorded in 2018England and Wales: recorded in 2019England and Wales: recorded in 2020England and Wales: recorded in 2021England and Wales: recorded in 2022England and Wales: recorded in 2023England and Wales: recorded in 2024England and Wales: recorded in 2025England and Wales: highest position in 2022Republic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland: recorded in 2006Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2007Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2008Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2011Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2012Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2013Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2014Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2015Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2016Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2017Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2018Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2019Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2020Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2021Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2022Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2023Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2024Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2025Republic of Ireland: highest position in 2023Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland: recorded in 2017Northern Ireland: recorded in 2018Northern Ireland: recorded in 2019Northern Ireland: recorded in 2020Northern Ireland: recorded in 2021Northern Ireland: recorded in 2022Northern Ireland: recorded in 2023Northern Ireland: recorded in 2024Northern Ireland: highest position in 2023New South Wales, Austra…New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2020New South Wales, Australia: highest position in 2020ScotlandScotland: recorded in 2024Scotland: highest position in 202419472025
Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.
RegistrarRecordedYearsIts own highest position
Norway1947–202579#96 in 2015
England and Wales1996–202530#100 in 2022
Republic of Ireland2006–202518#198 in 2023
Northern Ireland2017–20248#132 in 2023
New South Wales, Australia20201#87 in 2020
Scotland20241#130 in 2024
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What is known about Axel

How to read this
How often it is registered
Official record
6 official registrars, 1947–2025.
Meaning
Not established
Not researched yet.
Origin
Not established
Not researched yet.
Pronunciation
Reported
A recorded pronunciation is available.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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 6 regions, from 1947 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #87 in New South Wales, Australia in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.