Boy
Axel
Axel is a boy's name, a solidly familiar choice, that is currently on the rise, with its biggest decade yet in the 2010s.
EtymologyScandinavian form of Absalom
HebrewHebrew – "father of peace"
Births by decade
1900s
86
1910s
291
1920s
232
1930s
89
1940s
81
1950s
85
1960s
168
1970s
221
1980s
444
1990s
1,533
2000s
10,666
2010s
23,235
Peaked in the 2010s · 37,131 total U.S. births since 1900