Girls' name · since 1914
Maxene
Maxene has 506 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1924 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,771 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,001 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 506
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
506 babies have been named Maxene since 1914, making it today's #11001 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Maxene recorded 506 times among girls since 1914, holding rank #11001 nationally today, ahead of 36% of girls, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.
- #11,771 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,001 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 506 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maxene ranks #11,771 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,001 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 506 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #11,771 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,001 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 506
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Maxene's 506 recorded births place it above 83.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Maxene compares
506 Top 45% higher than 55% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Maxene's all-time total is 35% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maxene | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 506 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maxene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Maxene splits its recorded history at 1935: 34% of all births land in the more recent half, 66% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1924 peak of 30 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Maxene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (1924)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Maxene by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (221 births, 44% of the file).
1920s was Maxene's strongest decade.
221 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Maxene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 75
1910s
75 births
- 1920s
1920s
221 births
- 1930s
1930s
91 births
- 1940s 71
1940s
71 births
- 1950s 8
1950s
8 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2010s 27
2010s
27 births
- 2020s 8
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 221 births (44% of all-time use).
How Maxene compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Maxene's total volume
Maxene by state
Where Maxene concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 2.0% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.0% |
10 of 506 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Maxene's data
- Maxene's decade-level peak was the 1920s (221 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Maxenes (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Maxene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1924)
Similar record span (~111 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1914–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Maxene 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 August 2026.