NameTides

Maxine

Maxine was the #496 girls' name in the US in 2025 (597 babies), and #1,719 in England & Wales and #474 in Canada.

Maxine as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Maxine as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Maxine as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#496 (597)#1,719 (17)——#474 (65)—
2024#518 (595)#1,353 (24)——#405 (75)—
2023#514 (591)#1,056 (32)——#413 (71)—
2022#615 (483)#1,948 (14)——#417 (72)—
2021#703 (410)#2,341 (11)——#598 (50)—
2020#739 (370)#1,846 (15)——#649 (44)—
2019#797 (347)#1,940 (14)——#581 (53)—
2018#850 (319)#1,788 (16)#809 (3)—#670 (44)—
2017#880 (311)#2,502 (10)——#927 (29)—
2016#901 (309)#2,120 (13)——#717 (41)—
2015#1,106 (234)#1,961 (14)——#1,202 (20)—
2014#1,195 (204)#2,058 (13)——#917 (29)—
2013#1,042 (238)#2,460 (10)—#894 (3)#864 (31)—
2012#1,273 (188)#1,809 (16)#815 (3)—#1,142 (22)—
2011#1,427 (159)#2,150 (12)—#798 (4)#983 (26)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1923 at #76.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1884.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,700 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Maxine is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,900 to 1 in 2,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Maxine by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #310WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #273WAIdaho: #308IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #356MNIllinois: #471ILMichigan: #504MINew York: #518NYMassachusetts: #334MAOregon: #273ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #333INOhio: #401OHPennsylvania: #386PANew Jersey: #667NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #322CAUtah: #539UTColorado: #789CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #442MOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: #427MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #446AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #445KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #813TNNorth Carolina: #534NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #546OKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #796GAHawaii: #136HITexas: #726TXFlorida: #912FL
Maxine (girls) 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#36214
Ontario2024#46227

Maxine (girls): 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
MaxineCanadaGirls#47465
MaxineCanadaBoys—too few
MaxineEngland & WalesGirls#1,71917
MaxineIrelandGirls—too few
MaxineNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MaxineNSWGirls—too few
MaxineScotlandGirls—too few
MaxineUSGirls#496597
MaxineUSBoys—too few