NameTides

Maxwell

Maxwell was the #189 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,924 babies), and #183 in England & Wales and #195 in Canada.

Maxwell as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Maxwell as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & WalesScotlandIreland
Maxwell as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear 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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#189 (1,924)#183 (274)#269 (14)—#829 (3)#195 (174)——
2024#182 (2,024)#184 (273)#169 (26)—#785 (3)#196 (175)——
2023#182 (1,992)#180 (288)#227 (19)——#186 (177)——
2022#173 (2,183)#174 (290)#175 (27)#414 (3)#657 (4)#173 (202)—#94 (74)
2021#162 (2,380)#163 (325)#244 (18)—#631 (4)#145 (250)#97 (98)—
2020#146 (2,513)#157 (336)#350 (10)#392 (3)#637 (4)#159 (228)——
2019#147 (2,637)#155 (352)#194 (25)—#646 (4)#122 (297)——
2018#134 (2,907)#142 (399)#247 (17)—#369 (10)#122 (301)#99 (91)#89 (75)
2017#133 (3,081)#136 (433)#203 (26)#363 (4)#495 (6)#151 (257)—#92 (71)
2016#111 (3,585)#123 (504)#209 (24)#358 (4)#448 (7)#133 (314)—#90 (75)
2015#113 (3,553)#128 (496)#206 (25)—#345 (12)#130 (318)#99 (95)#80 (77)
2014#107 (3,739)#119 (525)#208 (25)#264 (7)#508 (6)#128 (329)#97 (103)#87 (74)
2013#108 (3,643)#114 (526)#215 (22)#219 (9)#383 (10)#119 (335)——
2012#113 (3,233)#125 (521)#150 (39)#346 (4)#401 (9)#150 (260)——
2011#132 (3,056)#131 (492)#184 (28)—#540 (5)#152 (244)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #107.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 890 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 890common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 990common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 910common

Next year

On its recent trend, Maxwell is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 940 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 890 to 1 in 1,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Maxwell by state, 2025Alaska: #143AKMaine: #113MEWisconsin: #119WIVermont: #102VTNew Hampshire: #94NHWashington: #162WAIdaho: #302IDMontana: #173MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #135MNIllinois: #166ILMichigan: #136MINew York: #169NYMassachusetts: #109MAOregon: #188ORNevada: #213NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #175IAIndiana: #158INOhio: #156OHPennsylvania: #166PANew Jersey: #192NJConnecticut: #90CTRhode Island: #52RICalifornia: #190CAUtah: #90UTColorado: #153CONebraska: #210NEMissouri: #149MOKentucky: #173KYWest Virginia: #299WVVirginia: #163VAMaryland: #147MDDelaware: #203DEArizona: #250AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #205KSArkansas: #247ARTennessee: #244TNNorth Carolina: #181NCSouth Carolina: #348SCDistrict of Columbia: #55DCOklahoma: #264OKLouisiana: #337LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #238ALGeorgia: #217GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #345TXFlorida: #273FL
Maxwell (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#13894

Maxwell (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
MaxwellCanadaGirls—too few
MaxwellCanadaBoys#195174
MaxwellEngland & WalesBoys#183274
MaxwellIrelandBoys#8293
MaxwellNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MaxwellNSWBoys—too few
MaxwellScotlandBoys#26914
MaxwellUSGirls#7,13315
MaxwellUSBoys#1891,924
MaxwellVICBoys—too few