# Axl (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/axl/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,413 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,408 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 477, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | 15,431 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 74 | 1,888 |
| 2012 | 102 | 1,551 |
| 2013 | 113 | 1,460 |
| 2014 | 270 | 835 |
| 2015 | 313 | 761 |
| 2016 | 306 | 778 |
| 2017 | 339 | 717 |
| 2018 | 322 | 740 |
| 2019 | 379 | 677 |
| 2020 | 318 | 756 |
| 2021 | 281 | 845 |
| 2022 | 276 | 874 |
| 2023 | 259 | 897 |
| 2024 | 218 | 1,023 |
| 2025 | 190 | 1,123 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 13 | 1,756 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,404 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,486 |
| 2015 | 31 | 950 |
| 2016 | 29 | 994 |
| 2017 | 33 | 931 |
| 2018 | 41 | 786 |
| 2019 | 31 | 929 |
| 2020 | 36 | 829 |
| 2021 | 34 | 888 |
| 2022 | 49 | 688 |
| 2023 | 26 | 1,108 |
| 2024 | 35 | 898 |
| 2025 | 32 | 953 |

## People named Axl

- Axl Rose, American singer (born 1962)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.