Acxel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AK-sel
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Acxel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “father of peace”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Acxel mean?
Hebrew: Latin American spelling of Axel, a Scandinavian form of Absalom
“father of peace”
A spelling of Axel, the medieval Danish form of the biblical name Absalom.
Is Acxel a girl's or a boy's name?
Acxel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Acxel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Acxel, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2001, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Acxel in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,720 boys in the US were given Acxel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #77, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
Acxel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
Names like Acxel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Azriel Ares Marquez Thiago Aziel Ezra Boaz Uziel Josue Angel Moses
Other spellings of Acxel
Names related to Acxel
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Acxel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/acxel, updated 20 October 2026.