Boys' name · since 1917
Maxel
Since 1917, U.S. Social Security records show 28 babies named Maxel, peaking in 1931. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 28
- total births
- 1917–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
28 boys have been named Maxel since 1917, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Maxel has 28 recorded births among boys since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- 28 total births
- 1917–2025 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 39% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Maxel's 28 recorded births place it above 42% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maxel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maxel's full recorded timeline at 2015, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1931 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maxel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (1931)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Maxel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Maxel's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Maxel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
- 2020s
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 11 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Maxel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 2020s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1917–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Maxel: Baby Name Since 1917 - 28 Births, Peak 1931." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/maxel. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Maxel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.