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How popular is “Axel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Axel” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Axel” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Axel” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Axel” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Axel” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Axel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Axel” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 16 0.000079411 16 -100%
1881 14 0.000072656 14 -100%
1882 12 0.000054168 12 -100%
1883 12 0.000055313 12 -100%
1884 16 0.000065719 16 -100%
1885 16 0.00006643 16 -100%
1886 25 0.000097918 25 -100%
1887 18 0.000072759 18 -100%
1888 16 0.000053427 16 -100%
1889 18 0.000062295 18 -100%
1890 16 0.000053085 16 -100%
1891 17 0.000059301 17 -100%
1892 13 0.000038879 13 -100%
1893 23 0.000070721 23 -100%
1894 10 0.000029526 10 -100%
1895 20 0.000056977 20 -100%
1896 15 0.00004196 15 -100%
1897 17 0.000048997 17 -100%
1898 20 0.000052431 20 -100%
1899 14 0.000041269 14 -100%
1900 11 0.00002443 11 -100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 -100%
1902 8 0.000020686 8 -100%
1903 10 0.000026233 10 -100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 -100%
1905 8 0.000018871 8 -100%
1906 12 0.000028008 12 -100%
1907 11 0.000023636 11 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 8 0.000015649 8 -100%
1910 12 0.000020315 12 -100%
1911 11 0.000017073 11 -100%
1912 27 0.000027326 27 -100%
1913 21 0.000018468 21 -100%
1914 25 0.000017651 25 -100%
1915 49 0.000026741 49 -100%
1916 49 0.000025331 49 -100%
1917 36 0.000017939 36 -100%
1918 40 0.000018424 40 -100%
1919 21 0.000009951 21 -100%
1920 27 0.000011933 27 -100%
1921 41 0.000017563 41 -100%
1922 23 0.000010047 23 -100%
1923 24 0.000010424 24 -100%
1924 22 0.000009237 22 -100%
1925 33 0.000014143 33 -100%
1926 13 0.000005662 13 -100%
1927 23 0.000009917 23 -100%
1928 6 0.000002654 6 -100%
1929 20 0.000009123 20 -100%
1930 15 0.000006747 15 -100%
1931 8 0.000003802 8 -100%
1932 10 0.000004736 10 -100%
1934 8 0.000003852 8 -100%
1935 15 0.000007177 15 -100%
1936 11 0.000005295 11 -100%
1937 8 0.000003755 8 -100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 -100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 -100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 -100%
1941 9 0.000003694 9 -100%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 -100%
1943 12 0.000004251 12 -100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 -100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 -100%
1946 7 0.000002191 7 -100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 -100%
1948 5 0.000001448 5 -100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 -100%
1950 14 0.000003996 14 -100%
1951 7 0.0000019 7 -100%
1952 11 0.000002896 11 -100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 -100%
1956 9 0.000002183 9 -100%
1958 19 0.000004596 19 -100%
1959 19 0.00000457 19 -100%
1960 13 0.00000313 13 -100%
1961 18 0.000004345 18 -100%
1962 14 0.000003469 14 -100%
1963 13 0.000003284 13 -100%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 -100%
1965 15 0.000004137 15 -100%
1966 14 0.000004028 14 -100%
1967 12 0.000003535 12 -100%
1968 23 0.000006808 23 -100%
1969 31 0.00000892 31 -100%
1970 33 0.00000915 33 -100%
1971 19 0.000005536 19 -100%
1972 16 0.000005091 16 -100%
1973 20 0.000006629 20 -100%
1974 17 0.000005592 17 -100%
1975 17 0.00000563 17 -100%
1976 26 0.000008569 26 -100%
1977 24 0.000007555 24 -100%
1978 20 0.000006301 20 -100%
1979 29 0.000008717 29 -100%
1980 26 0.000007548 26 -100%
1981 25 0.000007227 25 -100%
1982 25 0.000007127 25 -100%
1983 29 0.000008373 29 -100%
1984 37 0.000010606 37 -100%
1985 36 0.000010087 36 -100%
1986 56 0.000015743 56 -100%
1987 49 0.00001359 49 -100%
1988 48 0.00001299 48 -100%
1989 115 0.000029913 115 -100%
1990 131 0.000033144 131 -100%
1991 151 0.000038765 151 -100%
1992 135 0.000035145 135 -100%
1993 124 0.000032889 124 -100%
1994 133 0.000035775 133 -100%
1995 145 0.000039594 145 -100%
1996 161 0.000044144 161 -100%
1997 171 0.000047163 171 -100%
1998 192 0.000052199 192 -100%
1999 191 0.000051707 191 -100%
2000 731 0.000193391 731 -100%
2001 1279 0.000341669 5 1274 -99%
2002 918 0.000245567 8 910 -98%
2003 809 0.000212765 809 -100%
2004 943 0.000246799 5 938 -99%
2005 1056 0.000274653 9 1047 -98%
2006 1132 0.000286134 1132 -100%
2007 1207 0.000301925 11 1196 -98%
2008 1265 0.000321828 8 1257 -99%
2009 1330 0.000348152 11 1319 -98%
2010 1980 0.000535752 7 1973 -99%
2011 3046 0.000832743 10 3036 -99%
2012 2482 0.00067863 2482 -100%
2013 2433 0.000667368 5 2428 -100%
2014 2814 0.000759232 10 2804 -99%
2015 3260 0.000880864 12 3248 -99%
2016 3477 0.000947748 10 3467 -99%
2017 3807 0.001064539 18 3789 -99%
2018 4080 0.001160444 8 4072 -100%
2019 4512 0.001299939 8 4504 -100%
2020 4674 0.001399159 8 4666 -100%
2021 4551 0.001343291 13 4538 -99%
2022 4357 0.001287859 15 4342 -99%
2023 4532 0.00136869 12 4520 -99%
2024 4253 0.001277752 8 4245 -100%

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