Max Boy
How popular is Max?
#180 boy name in 2025
2,025 baby boys were named Max in the US in 2025, making it the 180th most popular boy name. Another 41 girls got the name (#3,644 for girls).
Max popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #180 for boys (▼ 5 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,025 boys, 41 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-41% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #117 in 2015, #147 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (3,958 boys) |
| Highest rank | #96 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 98% boys, 2% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Max counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Max family of names ranked #192 for boys in 2025 (#188 the year before), with 2,033 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Max | 2,025 | 100% |
| Maks | 8 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Max is most popular
Babies named Max per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 6.1 per 1,000 (90 boys)
- Alaska: 2.7 per 1,000 (32 boys)
- North Dakota: 2.6 per 1,000 (45 boys)
- Massachusetts: 2.6 per 1,000 (357 boys)
- Utah: 2.5 per 1,000 (243 boys)
Max by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 765 | #132 |
| 1890s | 1,112 | #120 |
| 1900s | 1,567 | #119 |
| 1910s | 10,859 | #99 |
| 1920s | 14,081 | #112 |
| 1930s | 11,757 | #126 |
| 1940s | 8,526 | #165 |
| 1950s | 7,430 | #238 |
| 1960s | 5,023 | #297 |
| 1970s | 4,231 | #368 |
| 1980s | 8,741 | #185 |
| 1990s | 18,216 | #159 |
| 2000s | 27,368 | #104 |
| 2010s | 34,141 | #96 |
| 2020s | 13,641 | #147 |
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Questions
- Is Max a boy or girl name?
- Max is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Max were boys.
- How popular is the name Max?
- 2,025 baby boys were named Max in the US in 2025, making it the 180th most popular boy name. Another 41 girls got the name (#3,644 for girls).
- When was Max most popular?
- Max peaked in 2009, when 3,958 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #96 in 2011.
- How many people are named Max?
- 168,577 babies have been named Max in the US since 1880. We estimate about 120,640 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Max most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Max was most common in District of Columbia, at 6.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.