Axle
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AK-sul
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #1,708 for boys
Axle is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “father of peace”. In 2025 it ranked 1,708th for boys in the US (95 babies).
What does Axle mean?
Hebrew: respelling of Axel, the Scandinavian form of Absalom
“father of peace”
Usually a respelling of Axel, the Scandinavian form of Absalom; an axle is also the rod a wheel turns on.
Is Axle a girl's or a boy's name?
Axle is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 95 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Axle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,708among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 95about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 95 boys in the US were named Axle, making it the 1,708th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,368th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 150 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Axle in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,720 boys in the US were given Axle or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #77, up from #1,708 for this spelling alone.
Axle in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 95 | #1,708 |
| 2024 | 94 | #1,752 |
| 2023 | 128 | #1,420 |
| 2022 | 129 | #1,421 |
| 2021 | 150 | #1,267 |
| 2020 | 129 | #1,368 |
| 2019 | 148 | #1,265 |
| 2018 | 123 | #1,418 |
| 2017 | 136 | #1,321 |
| 2016 | 133 | #1,339 |
| 2015 | 127 | #1,369 |
| 2014 | 109 | #1,485 |
| 2013 | 61 | #2,164 |
| 2012 | 59 | #2,208 |
| 2011 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2010 | 35 | #3,180 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
Nicknames for Axle
- Ax
Names like Axle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ace Asher Aziel Atlas Koa Kyaire Archer Azriel Zyaire Adriel Eliam Kyrie
Other spellings of Axle
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Axle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/axle, updated 20 October 2026.