Maximus Boy
How popular is Maximus?
#275 boy name in 2025
1,249 baby boys were named Maximus in the US in 2025, making it the 275th most popular boy name.
Maximus popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #275 for boys (▲ 56 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,249 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-40% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #197 in 2015, #250 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (2,137 boys) |
| Highest rank | #187 in 2016 |
| First recorded | 1997 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.9% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Maximus counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Maximus family of names ranked #278 for boys in 2025 (#321 the year before), with 1,265 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Maximus | 1,249 | 99% |
| Maximos | 16 | 1% |
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 Maximus is most popular
Babies named Maximus per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 1.6 per 1,000 (25 boys)
- New Hampshire: 1.5 per 1,000 (33 boys)
- Alaska: 1.4 per 1,000 (17 boys)
- Nevada: 1.4 per 1,000 (78 boys)
- North Dakota: 1.3 per 1,000 (22 boys)
Maximus by decade
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Questions
- Is Maximus a boy or girl name?
- Maximus is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Maximus were boys.
- How popular is the name Maximus?
- 1,249 baby boys were named Maximus in the US in 2025, making it the 275th most popular boy name.
- When was Maximus most popular?
- Maximus peaked in 2014, when 2,137 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #187 in 2016.
- How many people are named Maximus?
- 34,679 babies have been named Maximus in the US since 1880. We estimate about 34,393 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Maximus most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Maximus was most common in Hawaii, at 1.6 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.