NameTides

Maxim

Maxim was the #1,520 boys' name in the US in 2025 (114 babies), and #593 in England & Wales and #580 in Canada.

Maxim as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Maxim as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesIrelandScotlandUS
Maxim as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,520 (114)#593 (65)#762 (3)—#676 (4)#580 (50)
2024#1,448 (125)#711 (50)——#472 (7)#525 (54)
2023#1,337 (142)#625 (57)——#436 (8)#538 (51)
2022#1,171 (174)#610 (60)——#572 (5)#561 (48)
2021#1,076 (197)#489 (81)——#390 (9)#485 (60)
2020#1,111 (177)#500 (76)——#342 (12)#386 (80)
2019#984 (216)#541 (70)#701 (3)—#322 (13)#349 (91)
2018#902 (240)#475 (85)#595 (4)—#635 (4)#289 (117)
2017#871 (249)#469 (87)——#443 (7)#298 (119)
2016#847 (265)#501 (81)#707 (3)—#272 (17)#287 (123)
2015#780 (301)#416 (99)#588 (4)—#355 (11)#259 (135)
2014#720 (335)#558 (65)——#550 (5)#227 (160)
2013#731 (319)#570 (62)—#398 (3)#309 (14)#198 (184)
2012#683 (346)#498 (76)——#379 (10)#182 (193)
2011#726 (313)#431 (91)#491 (5)—#326 (13)#159 (232)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2012 at #683.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1923.

How common is it?

about 1 in 15,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 15,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Maxim is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 18,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 17,000 to 1 in 19,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Maxim by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,055NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,119CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,760TXFlorida: #1,191FL
Maxim (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#38512
Ontario2024#45827

Maxim (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MaximCanadaGirls#93529
MaximCanadaBoys#58050
MaximEngland & WalesBoys#59365
MaximIrelandBoys#6764
MaximNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MaximScotlandBoys#7623
MaximUSGirls—too few
MaximUSBoys#1,520114