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How popular is the name Aksel?
Births per year, rank history and how many Aksels are alive today.
Aksel (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Axel in England and Wales, ranked 1798th in 2025 and given to 14 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2024, when 25 babies were given the name, the 1132nd most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Axel you are most likely to meet is around 3 years old. Half of all Axels born in England and Wales are between 3 and 9, and there are at least 4,200 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1.4% chance that at least one of them will be called Axel.
How many babies are named Aksel each year?
Includes all spellings: Aksel, Axel. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Aksel spelling rank?
Where does the Axel spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Aksel most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Axel, peaked in 2022, when 569 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Aksel spelling itself peaked in 2024, with 25 babies.
How many people are called Aksel?
At least 4,200 people named Aksel in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Aksel?
Most living Aksels are between 3 and 9; the most common age is about 3.
Is Aksel becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.