NameTides

Maximus

Maximus was the #275 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,249 babies), and #219 in England & Wales and #367 in Canada.

Maximus as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Maximus 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.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUSNorthern IrelandCanadaIrelandScotland
Maximus 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#275 (1,249)#219 (228)#647 (4)#314 (5)#372 (10)#367 (88)
2024#331 (1,045)#199 (252)#478 (6)#404 (3)#430 (8)#310 (106)
2023#319 (1,041)#213 (232)#614 (4)—#516 (6)#322 (95)
2022#270 (1,274)#219 (231)#363 (9)—#454 (7)#283 (113)
2021#262 (1,317)#180 (293)#533 (5)#433 (3)#414 (8)#258 (133)
2020#250 (1,407)#201 (252)#476 (6)—#433 (8)#247 (133)
2019#228 (1,647)#181 (287)#464 (6)#274 (6)#438 (8)#245 (144)
2018#212 (1,820)#187 (283)#392 (8)#255 (7)#350 (11)#214 (169)
2017#201 (1,964)#182 (308)#333 (11)#415 (3)#394 (9)#180 (212)
2016#187 (2,129)#179 (319)#486 (6)—#448 (7)#184 (206)
2015#197 (2,066)#181 (325)#359 (9)—#376 (10)#200 (184)
2014#192 (2,137)#203 (284)#587 (4)—#347 (12)#203 (187)
2013#200 (1,932)#195 (284)#316 (12)—#534 (5)#206 (176)
2012#206 (1,844)#205 (269)#282 (13)—#500 (6)#189 (184)
2011#212 (1,649)#218 (226)#345 (10)—#623 (4)#223 (150)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #187.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1997.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,400 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Maximus is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 2,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Maximus by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #355WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #236WAIdaho: #282IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: #226NDMinnesota: #287MNIllinois: #268ILMichigan: #235MINew York: #311NYMassachusetts: #298MAOregon: #210ORNevada: #134NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #512INOhio: #312OHPennsylvania: #269PANew Jersey: #313NJConnecticut: #219CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #187CAUtah: #248UTColorado: #210CONebraska: #293NEMissouri: #318MOKentucky: #227KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #329VAMaryland: #364MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #209AZNew Mexico: #270NMKansas: #468KSArkansas: #332ARTennessee: #311TNNorth Carolina: #330NCSouth Carolina: #470SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #215OKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #525ALGeorgia: #357GAHawaii: #146HITexas: #307TXFlorida: #228FL
Maximus (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
Ontario2024#24855

Maximus (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
MaximusCanadaBoys#36788
MaximusEngland & WalesBoys#219228
MaximusIrelandBoys#37210
MaximusNorthern IrelandBoys#3145
MaximusScotlandBoys#6474
MaximusUSGirls—too few
MaximusUSBoys#2751,249