Axl
Axl is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Axl
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Axl is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Axl
American parents first put Axl on the record books as a baby boy name in 1988, with 9 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2019, when 377 Axls were born — ranking #679 that year. About 49% of every Axl on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Axl ranks #1,069 for baby boys with 205 births, falling sharply (-28%). All told, over 5K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Axl
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Axl. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Axl
Axl is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1988 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Axl's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #679. Use the chart and map above to compare Axl's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.