Maxel — boys' name
28 babies named Maxel in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1931. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
28 boys have been named Maxel since 1917, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2025.
- 28
- total births
- 1917–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
39% of everyone ever named Maxel was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Maxel in 1931 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maxel
The Social Security Administration has registered 28 babies named Maxel between 1917 and 2025, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Maxel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maxel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Maxel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maxel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 28 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Maxel at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Maxel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1917
- Peak year (1931)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 109 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
28 total births across 109 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1931 with 6 births in a single year.
Maxel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 11 births that decade — 39% of Maxel's all-time total
Maxel decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Maxel's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.