Maxim Boy
How popular is Maxim?
#1,520 boy name in 2025
114 baby boys were named Maxim in the US in 2025, making it the 1520th most popular boy name.
Maxim popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,520 for boys (▼ 72 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 114 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-62% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #780 in 2015, #1,111 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (346 boys) |
| Highest rank | #683 in 2012 |
| First recorded | 1923 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Maxim counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Maxim family of names ranked #927 for boys in 2025 (#867 the year before), with 226 babies in all.
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 Maxim is most popular
Babies named Maxim per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (35 boys)
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (96 boys)
- Illinois: 0.2 per 1,000 (46 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.2 per 1,000 (35 boys)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (74 boys)
Maxim by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 13 | #3,173 |
| 1930s | 10 | #3,548 |
| 1940s | 39 | #2,711 |
| 1950s | 25 | #3,093 |
| 1960s | 32 | #3,040 |
| 1970s | 36 | #3,368 |
| 1980s | 182 | #1,826 |
| 1990s | 598 | #1,179 |
| 2000s | 2,230 | #703 |
| 2010s | 2,898 | #683 |
| 2020s | 929 | #1,076 |
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Questions
- Is Maxim a boy or girl name?
- Maxim is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Maxim were boys.
- How popular is the name Maxim?
- 114 baby boys were named Maxim in the US in 2025, making it the 1520th most popular boy name.
- When was Maxim most popular?
- Maxim peaked in 2012, when 346 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #683 in 2012.
- How many people are named Maxim?
- 6,998 babies have been named Maxim in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,854 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Maxim most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Maxim was most common in Washington, at 0.2 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.