Massimo
Massimo was given to 251 boys in 2025, #938 among boys’ names; 4,026 Americans have been recorded with it since 1963 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,960 Americans named Massimo and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (98% of everyone recorded); the median is 12 years old and half are between 4 and 20.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Massimo by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Massimo mean?
Wiktionary, Italian section
Massimo is “a male given name” Its etymology gives the senses “greatest” (maximus) and “great, big” (magnus).
From Latin Maximus, from maximus (“greatest”), superlative form of magnus (“great, big”).
/ˈmas.si.mo/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Italian section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Massimo?
#938 among boys’ names, 2025
Massimo rose from #1,377 in 2015 to #938 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.07 to 0.15 per 1,000.
289 babies in 2023, the peak
Massimo peaked in 2023, when 289 boys were given it, #844 among boys’ names. The 251 births of 2025 are 87% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 251 | #938 | 0.15 |
| 2024 | 270 | #887 | 0.16 |
| 2023 | 289 | #844 | 0.17 |
| 2022 | 222 | #1,006 | 0.13 |
| 2021 | 181 | #1,130 | 0.10 |
| 2020 | 127 | #1,381 | 0.07 |
| 2019 | 114 | #1,504 | 0.06 |
| 2018 | 113 | #1,519 | 0.06 |
| 2017 | 126 | #1,397 | 0.07 |
| 2016 | 101 | #1,608 | 0.05 |
Every recorded year (59)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 126 | #1,377 | 0.07 |
| 2014 | 113 | #1,452 | 0.06 |
| 2013 | 106 | #1,525 | 0.06 |
| 2012 | 121 | #1,390 | 0.06 |
| 2011 | 107 | #1,507 | 0.06 |
| 2010 | 148 | #1,208 | 0.08 |
| 2009 | 118 | #1,429 | 0.06 |
| 2008 | 124 | #1,378 | 0.06 |
| 2007 | 131 | #1,315 | 0.06 |
| 2006 | 132 | #1,270 | 0.06 |
| 2005 | 97 | #1,494 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 84 | #1,574 | 0.04 |
| 2003 | 90 | #1,459 | 0.05 |
| 2002 | 97 | #1,365 | 0.05 |
| 2001 | 76 | #1,578 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,072 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 39 | #2,321 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 44 | #2,113 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,415 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,800 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,643 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,544 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,203 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 11 | #5,120 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,563 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 14 | #4,110 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,746 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 9 | #5,067 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,346 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 5 | #7,200 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,824 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 7 | #5,270 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 5 | #7,002 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,382 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 15 | #3,049 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,974 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,875 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,326 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,909 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,413 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,418 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 21 | #2,011 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 20 | #2,055 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,763 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,823 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,634 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 8 | #3,148 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,427 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,542 | under 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Massimo a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Massimo has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 59 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Massimo: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Massimo, and how old are they?
3,960 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 98% of the 4,026 Americans ever recorded as Massimo. The median Massimo alive today is 12 years old; half are between 4 and 20.
The 2020 Census counted 3,570 people named Massimo (1 woman or girl, 3,569 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,674 born in the U.S. The Census count is 34% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 6 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 185 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 186 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,460 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,120 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Massimo born?
The states with the most babies named Massimo are Florida, California and Texas, with 50% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 36 | #503 | 2.0× |
| California | 33 | #781 | 1.1× |
| Texas | 33 | #821 | 0.6× |
| New York | 25 | #611 | 2.7× |
| New Jersey | 21 | #391 | 2.4× |
| Illinois | 13 | #697 | 1.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | #1,061 | 0.8× |
| Massachusetts | 7 | #678 | 0.9× |
| Colorado | 7 | #731 | 0.4× |
| Connecticut | 6 | #475 | 1.4× |
Where Massimo is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Massimo is most over-represented in New York: since 1963 it was given 2.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Massimo with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Massimo
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
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