Boys' name · since 1914
Maxey
Maxey has 286 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1945 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,868 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 286
- born since 1914
- 1940s
- peak decade
Maxey sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 286 recorded since 1914.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maxey has been recorded 286 times among boys since 1914, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2024.
- #10,868 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 286 born since 1914
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maxey ranks #10,868 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 286 born since 1914, peaking in the 1940s.
- #10,868 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 286
- born since 1914
- 1940s
- peak decade
Maxey's 286 recorded births place it above 76.07% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maxey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Maxey splits its recorded history at 1942: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1929 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1945 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Maxey popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2024
- Peak year (1945)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Maxey popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1928 (Maxey as girls' name)
Maxey by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (85 births, 30% of the file).
1940s was Maxey's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Maxey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 33
1910s
33 births
- 1920s
1920s
34 births
- 1930s
1930s
56 births
- 1940s
1940s
85 births
- 1950s
1950s
62 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 85 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Maxey's decade-level peak was the 1940s (85 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Maxey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~110 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, 1914–2024 (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 Maxey 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.