boys:
1.6k births since 1989
#3060 (33rd percentile)
overall:
1.6k births since 1989
#6124 (21st percentile)
The name Axle is the #6,124 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,622 recorded births since 1989. This represents the 20.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,060 (33.2% percentile) for all time with 1,622 births since 1989.
Axle first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1989 (first recorded for boys in 1989). Birth data for Axle is available in 26 out of the 35 years between 1989 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Axle reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 15.6% percentile (ranked #785) with 80 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 80 births per million (ranked 15.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2004, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Axle ranks #790 for boys (13.3% percentile) with 69 births per million, which is 85.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Axle".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Axle", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 19 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Axel" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Axel..
Our model found one way to pronounce the name Axle. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Axle is pronounced as AK-suhl, which has 2 syllables.
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