Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Axl

Gender

Male

Origin

Hebrew
Source Of Life

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Axl

Pronunciation

ax-xl

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #679, 377 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1123, 190 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #15082, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025190–
2024216–
2023259–
2022276–
2021281–
20203185
2019377–
2018322–
2017339–
2016306–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #690, 49 births); most recent 2025 (rank #953, 32 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202532
202435
202326
202249
202134
202036
201931
201841
201733
201629

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2010 (rank #2610, 8 births); most recent 2019 (rank #4168, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
20194
20183
20176
20164
20153
20146

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #528, 5 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
20205
20193
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #614, 4 births); most recent 2024 (rank #727, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
20243
20234
20223
2021–
2020–
2019–
20184
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2017 (rank #415, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
20173
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #433, 8 births); most recent 2022 (rank #532, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
20226
2021–
2020–
20198
2018–
20175
20166
20157
20146

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence