Axyl
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AK-sul
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Axyl is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “father is peace”. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Axyl mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Axel, the Scandinavian form of Absalom
“father is peace”
Spelling of Axel, a medieval Danish form of the biblical name Absalom.
Is Axyl a girl's or a boy's name?
Axyl is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Axyl in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,395th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Axyl, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,979th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 48 boys. It first appears in the records in 2009.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Axyl than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Axyl 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 Axyl or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #77, up from #4,395 for this spelling alone.
Axyl in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 27 | #3,984 |
| 2023 | 35 | #3,345 |
| 2022 | 48 | #2,715 |
| 2021 | 36 | #3,240 |
| 2020 | 39 | #2,979 |
| 2019 | 36 | #3,198 |
| 2018 | 46 | #2,673 |
| 2017 | 42 | #2,839 |
| 2016 | 46 | #2,660 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,021 |
| 2014 | 31 | #3,454 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
Nicknames for Axyl
- Ax
Names like Axyl
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aziel, Azriel, Atlas, Adriel, Koa, Ares, Archer, Asher, Jaziel, Thiago, Abdiel, Eliam
Other spellings of Axyl
Axel, Axl, Aksel, Axle, Axell, 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 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, “Axyl: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/axyl, updated 20 October 2026.