Maxey — #12420 US boys' name
286 babies named Maxey in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1945. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to boys today.
30% of everyone ever named Maxey was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Maxey in 1945 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maxey
The Social Security Administration has registered 286 babies named Maxey between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Maxey currently holds the #12420 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1945, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maxey performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Maxey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maxey 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 286 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.
Maxey at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Maxey popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (1945)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #12420 among boys.
286 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1945 with 14 births in a single year.
Maxey popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1928 (Maxey as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Maxey accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Maxey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 85 births that decade — 30% of Maxey's all-time total
Maxey decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 62 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Maxey's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% 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, 1914–2024 (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.