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Draxler

Boy · DRAKS-ler · Germanic

Draxler is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “woodturner”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).

What does Draxler mean?

Germanic: German surname, a form of Drechsler

“woodturner”

A south German and Austrian surname for a woodturner, someone who shaped wood on a lathe.

Say it
DRAKS-ler

Is Draxler a girl's or a boy's name?

Draxler is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Draxler in the US?

Rank in 2025
#12,003among boys
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Draxler, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 2017.

Half of all the boys named Draxler in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

2017Busiest: 18 in 20172025
Draxler in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255#12,003
20248#8,982
20235#12,232
202214#6,141
202117#5,333
202018#5,037
20198#8,883
201814#6,032
201718#5,107

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