Maximilien

Maximilien was the #8,910 boys' name in the US in 2025 (8 babies), and #3,684 in England & Wales and #2,269 in Canada.

Maximilien as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Maximilien as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Maximilien as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#8,910 (8)#3,684 (5)#2,269 (8)
2024—#5,120 (3)#2,710 (6)
2023#9,763 (7)#3,524 (5)#1,947 (9)
2022#6,828 (12)#3,450 (5)#1,350 (15)
2021#6,032 (14)#3,017 (6)—
2020#8,067 (9)#4,608 (3)#2,197 (7)
2019#7,643 (10)#3,013 (6)#2,189 (7)
2018#6,036 (14)#1,786 (13)#2,176 (7)
2017#8,140 (9)#2,324 (9)#1,349 (14)
2016#5,789 (15)#3,478 (5)#1,487 (12)
2015#5,999 (14)—#1,458 (12)
2014#6,307 (13)#3,895 (4)#1,565 (11)
2013#6,241 (13)#2,954 (6)#1,164 (17)
2012#5,720 (15)#3,039 (6)#1,143 (17)
2011#5,945 (14)#2,194 (9)#2,125 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1998 at #4,197.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1987.

How common is it?

about 1 in 200,000 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 200,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#6236

Maximilien (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
MaximilienCanadaBoys#2,2698
MaximilienEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
MaximilienNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MaximilienUSBoys#8,9108