# Axel name report

Canonical URL: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/name/m/axel
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2024

## Summary
Axel ranked #78 officially for boys in 2024. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #78.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #78
- Birth count: 4,245
- Rate per 10,000: 24.75

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Axel
- Rank: #78
- Birth count: 4,342
- Rate per 10,000: 25.31
- Official count multiplier: 1.02x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.03
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.13
- Expected per school of 300: 0.39
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 12.1%

## Trend
- Label: recently peaked
- Peak rate year: 2020
- Best rank year: 2023
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 91.6%

## Spelling components
- Axel: 4,245 births
- Axell: 89 births
- Acxel: 8 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology