Axl

maleStatistical record

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

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

Axl: Recorded since 1996, it reached #415 in 2017, and it stood at #727 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#415highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1998	#2901
2004	#2070
2005	#3208
2006	#2538
2007	#3589
2008	#3687
2009	#2544
2010	#2941
2011	#2390
2012	#1756
2013	#1404
2014	#1486
2015	#950
2016	#994
2017	#931
2018	#786
2019	#929
2020	#829
2021	#888
2022	#688
2023	#1108
2024	#898

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 England and Wales in 23 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #727 among boys in Scotland, #898 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2020 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #898 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Axl appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 23 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 445 births with the name.

Axl 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.

Axl'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2020 (1996)	#688 (2022)	#898 (2024)	23 of 29	445 (1996–2024)	49 (2022)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#715 (2014)	#556 (2020)	#556 (2020)	4 of 7	14 (2014–2020)	5 (2020)

Axl by decade in England and Wales · 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 Axl in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	32	6 of 10	5
2010s	225	10 of 10	23
2020sbusiest	180	5 of 10	36

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 36 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Axl 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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #415 in Northern Ireland in 2017.

Axl'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	#898	35	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1108	26	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#688	49	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#888	34	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#829	36	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#929	31	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#786	41	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#931	33	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#994	29	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#950	31	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1486	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1404	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1756	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #415, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 49 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2014, and 28 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.

Aws · #1879, 12y
Axel · #87, 79y
Axton · #1162, 11y
Aya · #154, 35y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Klay · #415, 20y
Moise · #414, 18y
Avie · #418, 19y
Calla · #418, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Emaan · #415, 27y
Kaiser · #415, 24y
Klay · #415, 20y
Siena · #415, 29y

Axl was ranked #415 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2017. 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.

Axl 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 Axl without appearing here.

Axl moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1404 and #4685.
Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2390 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1486 and #4632.
Andrea Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1756 and #1756 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1404 and #3315.
Maddison Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3687 and #3687 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2941 and #4678.

Moved ahead of Axl

Theodor Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2538 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3589 and #1440.
Hunter Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2020 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2901 and #1821.
Hudson Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2020 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2901 and #2419.
Tadhg Compare
In 2017 they stood at #931 and #943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #786 and #786.

Moved the opposite way to Axl

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Axl went from #2020 to #898 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Axl went from #2020 to #898 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Axl went from #2020 to #898 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Axl went from #2020 to #898 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Axl

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Axl went from #2020 to #898 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Axl went from #2020 to #898 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Axl went from #2020 to #898 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Axl went from #2020 to #898 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #415 in Northern Ireland in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Axl

Axl at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Axl across 2 official records

Axl by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Axl appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Axl at a glance

Axl across 2 official records

Axl by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Axl appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Axl

Axl and the names beside it

Axl moved ahead of

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