Aksel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AK-sel
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,859 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,267 for boys
Aksel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “father of peace”. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies) and 1,267th for boys in the US (155 babies).
What does Aksel mean?
Hebrew: Scandinavian form of Axel, from Absalom
“father of peace”
Axel began as a medieval Danish form of Absalom, the son of King David in the Bible.
Is Aksel a girl's or a boy's name?
Aksel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK and 155 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aksel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Aksel, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,356th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 25 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Aksel than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Aksel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 432 boys in the UK were given Aksel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #151, up from #1,859 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,795th in England and Wales.
Aksel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #1,859 |
| 2024 | 25 | #1,198 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,454 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,312 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,686 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,356 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,302 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,327 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
How popular is Aksel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,267th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 155 about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 155 boys in the US were named Aksel, making it the 1,267th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,177th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 198 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
2025 had more boys named Aksel than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Aksel in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,720 boys in the US were given Aksel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #77, up from #1,267 for this spelling alone.
Aksel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 155 | #1,267 |
| 2024 | 128 | #1,426 |
| 2023 | 149 | #1,288 |
| 2022 | 124 | #1,457 |
| 2021 | 153 | #1,245 |
| 2020 | 163 | #1,177 |
| 2019 | 146 | #1,277 |
| 2018 | 198 | #1,029 |
| 2017 | 146 | #1,252 |
| 2016 | 177 | #1,105 |
| 2015 | 128 | #1,359 |
| 2014 | 125 | #1,362 |
| 2013 | 67 | #2,020 |
| 2012 | 85 | #1,755 |
| 2011 | 93 | #1,635 |
| 2010 | 119 | #1,399 |
| 2009 | 54 | #2,380 |
| 2008 | 49 | #2,541 |
| 2007 | 47 | #2,602 |
| 2006 | 47 | #2,541 |
| 2005 | 35 | #2,956 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,616 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
Names like Aksel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Ayaan, Yahya, Eesa, Abel, Arham, Aarav, Asher, Ayyub, Luca, Ibrahim, Zakariya
Other spellings of Aksel
Axel, Axl, Axle, Axell, Axyl, Axcel, Axxel, Acxel, Axil, Axzel
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Aksel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aksel, updated 20 October 2026.