Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Axle” in the USA?

Number of people named “Axle” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Axle” 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 “Axle” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Axle” by birth year

This chart shows how “Axle” 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
1989 12 0.000003121 12 -100%
1990 9 0.000002277 9 -100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 -100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 -100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2005 13 0.000003381 13 -100%
2006 12 0.000003033 12 -100%
2007 17 0.000004252 17 -100%
2008 8 0.000002035 8 -100%
2009 23 0.000006021 23 -100%
2010 35 0.00000947 35 -100%
2011 40 0.000010936 40 -100%
2012 59 0.000016132 59 -100%
2013 61 0.000016732 61 -100%
2014 109 0.000029409 109 -100%
2015 127 0.000034316 127 -100%
2016 133 0.000036253 133 -100%
2017 136 0.000038029 136 -100%
2018 123 0.000034984 123 -100%
2019 147 0.000042352 147 -100%
2020 129 0.000038616 129 -100%
2021 150 0.000044275 150 -100%
2022 129 0.00003813 129 -100%
2023 127 0.000038355 127 -100%
2024 92 0.00002764 92 -100%

Explore other names

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  8. Axon
  9. Axsel
  10. Axson
  11. Axston