Axil
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AK-sul
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Axil is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “father of peace”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Axil mean?
Hebrew: probably a variant of Axel, the Scandinavian form of Absalom
“father of peace”
Axel is a medieval Danish form of Absalom, the son of King David.
Is Axil a girl's or a boy's name?
Axil is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Axil in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Axil, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 2010.
Half of all the boys named Axil in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,720 boys in the US were given Axil or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #77, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
Axil in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
Nicknames for Axil
- Ax
Names like Axil
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aziel Azriel Ares Atlas Archer Adriel Thiago Jaziel Atreus Eliam Ezra Asher
Other spellings of Axil
Names related to Axil
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, “Axil: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/axil, updated 20 October 2026.