Masculine dossier · first seen 1989

Axle

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Axle
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2021

Peak rank proxy

150

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1989Peak 20212024

Peak year

2021

Decline from peak

38.7%

2024

All-time

1,717

Axle has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2021, when 150 boys were named Axle.

In 2024, only 92 boys were given the name.

Down 38.7% from its peak.

All told, about 1,717 Americans have been named Axle and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1989.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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