NameTides

Maxime

Maxime was the #4,707 boys' name in the US in 2025 (21 babies), and #1,705 in England & Wales and #541 in Canada.

Maxime as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Maxime as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Maxime as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#4,707 (21)#1,705 (15)——#541 (54)
2024#4,072 (26)#1,322 (20)#727 (3)—#552 (50)
2023#3,712 (30)#1,461 (17)——#457 (63)
2022#4,570 (22)#1,420 (18)——#392 (75)
2021#3,912 (27)#1,218 (22)——#428 (69)
2020#3,918 (26)#1,314 (19)——#309 (104)
2019#3,103 (38)#1,316 (19)——#318 (101)
2018#3,891 (27)#1,158 (23)——#289 (117)
2017#3,123 (37)#1,210 (22)——#249 (149)
2016#3,524 (31)#974 (30)—#601 (4)#194 (191)
2015#3,022 (38)#1,380 (18)——#172 (218)
2014#3,154 (35)#1,223 (21)——#172 (219)
2013#3,661 (28)#1,024 (27)—#479 (6)#146 (263)
2012#3,059 (37)#1,313 (19)——#133 (297)
2011#3,235 (34)#1,303 (19)——#126 (316)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2001 at #2,429.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1920.
  • In 2019, 12% of US babies named Maxime were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 83,000 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 83,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Maxime is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 76,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 54,000 to 1 in 110,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Maxime by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: 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: #1,576NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,203CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: 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: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Maxime (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#19228
Ontario2024#79414

Maxime (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
MaximeCanadaGirls#89631
MaximeCanadaBoys#54154
MaximeEngland & WalesGirls—too few
MaximeEngland & WalesBoys#1,70515
MaximeIrelandBoys—too few
MaximeNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MaximeScotlandBoys—too few
MaximeUSGirls—too few
MaximeUSBoys#4,70721