Axel
Top 1000
On Nameberry
About Axel
Variation of Absalom
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #145 | 2,804 | 1,459.8 |
| 2015 | #123 | 3,248 | 1,694.5 |
| 2016 | #116 | 3,467 | 1,826.9 |
| 2017 | #104 | 3,789 | 2,047.1 |
| 2018 | #94 | 4,072 | 2,242.1 |
| 2019 | #84 | 4,504 | 2,510.3 |
| 2020 | #72 | 4,666 | 2,703.2 |
| 2021 | #76 | 4,538 | 2,593.9 |
| 2022 | #77 | 4,342 | 2,486.8 |
| 2023 | #71 | 4,520 | 2,642.4 |
| 2024 | #78 | 4,245 | 2,463.9 |
| 2025 | #79 | 4,140 | 2,423.8 |
World rankings
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Famous Axels
- Axel Springer
German journalist and publisher
- (Hans) Axel von Fersen the Younger
Swedish soldier and statesman; lover of Marie Antoinette of France
- Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna
Count of Södermöre, Swedish statesman
- Axel Patricio Fernando Witteveen Pardo
Argentine singer,songwriter
- Axel Laurent Angel Lambert Witsel
Belgian footballer
- Axel Brauns
German writer and filmmaker
- Axel Rodrigues de Arruda
Brazilian footballer
- Axel Cristóbal Jodorowsky
Chilean,British actor
- Axel Kicillof
Argentine economist and politician
- Axel Reymond
French marathon swimmer
- Axel Tuanzebe
Congolese,British footballer
- Axel Rudi Pell
German guitarist of band Steeler
- Axel Nelson (b. 1990)
son of actor John Allen Nelson
- Axel Saint
Germain,Rousseau (b. 2008), son of actor Stéphane Rousseau
- Axel Nurmenkari (b. 2009)
son of figure skater Ari,Pekka Nurmenkari
- Axel Paulin Ferrell (b. 2010)
son of actor Will Ferrell
- Axel Lee McElhenney (b. 2010)
son of actors Kaitlin Olson and Robert Dale McElhenney
- Axel Eaves (b. 2013)
son of ice hockey player Patrick Eaves
- Axel Bridges Willis (b. 2015)
son of TV fitness trainers Michelle Bridges and Steve Willis
- Axel Rain Green (b. 2016)
son of ice hockey player Mike Green
- Axel James Brush (b. 2017)
son of American reality television star Maddie Brown Brush
- Axel Strahl Meyers (b.2018)
son of comedian Seth Meyers and Alexi Ashe
- Axel Charles Bale (b. 2018)
son of footballer Gareth Bale
- Charlie Axel Woods (b. 2009)
son of golfer Tiger Woods
- Richard Axel
American biologist; winner of the Nobel Prize
- Axel Auriant
French Actor
Axel in pop culture
- Axel Mortmain
Character in 'The Infernal Devices' Series by Cassandra Clare
- Axel von dem Busche
character in film "The Plot to Kill Hitler"
- Axel
minor character on TV's "The Walking Dead"
- Axël d'Auersperg
main character in play "Axël" by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle,Adam
- Axel
deceased king in the "Blood of Kings" trilogy by Jill Williamson
- Axel
character in video game "Kingdom Hearts"
- Axel Heck
eldest son on TV's 'The Middle'
- Axel
main character in Jules Verne's A Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Axel Rex
character in Vladimir Nabokov's "Laughter in the Dark"
- Axel Heyst
character in Joseph Conrad's "Victory"
- Axel Foley
leading character in the film Beverly Hills Cop
- Axel Thurston
character in the anime series Eureka Seven
- Axel Brodie
character in Yu,Gi,Oh! GX
- Axel Palmer
character in the 1981 film My Bloody Valentine and remake
- Axel
playable character from the Twisted Metal vehicular combat video game series
- Axel
elephant character from the Animal Crossing video game series
- Axel
playable character from the Crazy Taxi series
- Axel
character in the Suikoden game series
- Axel
Guardian of The Sanctuary of Water and Ice in Rayman 2: The Great Escape
- Axel
"Dark Hero", a character from the video game Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories
- Axel Dark
Key, villain of Ape Escape Million Monkeys
- Axel Hawk
character from the video game series Fatal Fury
- Axel Steel
character in the Guitar Hero video game series
- Axel Stone
character from the Streets of Rage video game series
- Axel jump
type of jump in figure skating
- Axel Download Accelerator
download manager for Linux
- Axel Walker aka Trickster
character on TV's "The Flash"
- Axel
character in the game "Minecraft Story Mode"
- Axel Jordache
character in Irwin Shaw's "Rich Man, Poor Man"
- Axel
Netherlands
- Prince Axel
older brother to the character Prince Hugo in the Disney Junior TV series "Sofia the First"
Variations & nicknames
- AkselNorwegian
- AkseliFinnish
