Maxie
Maxie is given to both girls and boys: 16 girls and 7 boys were given it in 2025 (#7,025 among girls’ names and #10,318 among boys’, #9,553 among all names counting both); 8,672 Americans have been recorded with it since 1884 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Boys have outnumbered girls among babies named Maxie every year since 1932.
An estimated 2,890 Americans named Maxie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (33% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 46 and 79.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Maxie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Maxie?
#10,318 among boys’ names, 2025
Maxie entered the boys’ rankings after 2015 and stood at #10,318 in 2025.
215 babies in 1935, the peak
Maxie peaked in 1935, when 215 babies were given it (125 boys, #516 among boys’ names). The 23 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 11% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #7,025 | 7 | #10,318 |
| 2024 | 20 | #6,079 | under 5 | |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,328 | under 5 | |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,902 | under 5 | |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,808 | under 5 | |
| 2019 | 7 | #13,315 | 6 | #11,655 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,593 | 5 | #13,444 |
| 2017 | 6 | #15,292 | 6 | #11,692 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,848 | 6 | #11,644 |
| 2015 | 12 | #9,309 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (139)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 8 | #12,681 | under 5 | |
| 2012 | 5 | #18,610 | under 5 | |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,524 | under 5 | |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,910 | under 5 | |
| 2009 | 8 | #13,254 | under 5 | |
| 2008 | 6 | #16,767 | 7 | #10,628 |
| 2007 | 6 | #16,850 | 10 | #7,975 |
| 2006 | under 5 | 7 | #10,265 | |
| 2005 | 5 | #18,218 | 9 | #8,070 |
| 2004 | 9 | #11,296 | 11 | #6,819 |
| 2003 | 5 | #17,423 | 5 | #12,086 |
| 2002 | under 5 | 7 | #9,054 | |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,672 | 7 | #8,904 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,360 | 7 | #8,791 |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,801 | 7 | #8,406 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,944 | 6 | #9,225 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,531 | under 5 | |
| 1996 | 7 | #11,345 | 7 | #7,685 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,851 | 5 | #9,792 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,531 | 11 | #5,321 |
| 1993 | 9 | #9,231 | 7 | #7,329 |
| 1992 | 8 | #10,101 | 11 | #5,122 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,762 | 14 | #4,148 |
| 1990 | under 5 | 8 | #6,205 | |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,193 | 6 | #7,579 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,108 | 10 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,214 | 22 | #2,521 |
| 1986 | 7 | #9,178 | 13 | #3,578 |
| 1985 | 8 | #8,027 | 20 | #2,564 |
| 1984 | 9 | #7,180 | 14 | #3,210 |
| 1983 | under 5 | 25 | #2,124 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 24 | #2,191 | |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,885 | 23 | #2,247 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,714 | 26 | #2,091 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,994 | 13 | #3,292 |
| 1978 | 13 | #5,096 | 13 | #3,166 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,665 | 22 | #2,180 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,805 | 28 | #1,810 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,663 | 22 | #2,104 |
| 1974 | under 5 | 17 | #2,420 | |
| 1973 | 7 | #7,132 | 20 | #2,095 |
| 1972 | 7 | #7,000 | 24 | #1,857 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,967 | 35 | #1,454 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,403 | 28 | #1,645 |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,371 | 35 | #1,371 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,726 | 39 | #1,229 |
| 1967 | 8 | #5,275 | 32 | #1,354 |
| 1966 | 6 | #6,296 | 37 | #1,252 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,620 | 35 | #1,312 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,257 | 43 | #1,182 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,772 | 50 | #1,084 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,999 | 61 | #979 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,932 | 50 | #1,114 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,621 | 46 | #1,159 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,563 | 47 | #1,135 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,328 | 60 | #988 |
| 1957 | 20 | #2,618 | 55 | #1,024 |
| 1956 | 16 | #3,010 | 62 | #949 |
| 1955 | 21 | #2,443 | 50 | #1,072 |
| 1954 | 22 | #2,343 | 64 | #930 |
| 1953 | 25 | #2,106 | 68 | #870 |
| 1952 | 21 | #2,308 | 54 | #976 |
| 1951 | 31 | #1,763 | 63 | #888 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,751 | 57 | #912 |
| 1949 | 27 | #1,866 | 89 | #731 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,483 | 71 | #807 |
| 1947 | 35 | #1,621 | 74 | #803 |
| 1946 | 41 | #1,370 | 91 | #677 |
| 1945 | 46 | #1,167 | 53 | #863 |
| 1944 | 59 | #1,025 | 84 | #678 |
| 1943 | 46 | #1,201 | 92 | #672 |
| 1942 | 46 | #1,173 | 100 | #640 |
| 1941 | 58 | #968 | 87 | #654 |
| 1940 | 53 | #985 | 88 | #638 |
| 1939 | 62 | #895 | 103 | #564 |
| 1938 | 75 | #819 | 106 | #569 |
| 1937 | 60 | #895 | 91 | #614 |
| 1936 | 63 | #860 | 112 | #544 |
| 1935 | 90 | #712 | 125 | #516 |
| 1934 | 64 | #860 | 119 | #541 |
| 1933 | 74 | #767 | 76 | #683 |
| 1932 | 87 | #722 | 97 | #599 |
| 1931 | 71 | #809 | 62 | #798 |
| 1930 | 86 | #757 | 63 | #820 |
| 1929 | 85 | #762 | 65 | #805 |
| 1928 | 78 | #820 | 79 | #719 |
| 1927 | 84 | #795 | 64 | #845 |
| 1926 | 87 | #776 | 63 | #837 |
| 1925 | 82 | #825 | 57 | #895 |
| 1924 | 88 | #793 | 79 | #751 |
| 1923 | 87 | #784 | 75 | #764 |
| 1922 | 92 | #765 | 67 | #837 |
| 1921 | 87 | #786 | 59 | #916 |
| 1920 | 86 | #783 | 63 | #858 |
| 1919 | 83 | #776 | 62 | #836 |
| 1918 | 91 | #750 | 74 | #750 |
| 1917 | 96 | #704 | 63 | #796 |
| 1916 | 84 | #741 | 45 | #960 |
| 1915 | 90 | #702 | 53 | #851 |
| 1914 | 64 | #721 | 36 | #926 |
| 1913 | 57 | #692 | 27 | #962 |
| 1912 | 42 | #775 | 26 | #888 |
| 1911 | 41 | #685 | 19 | #747 |
| 1910 | 42 | #661 | 27 | #552 |
| 1909 | 37 | #657 | 12 | #878 |
| 1908 | 46 | #553 | 9 | #997 |
| 1907 | 33 | #663 | 12 | #800 |
| 1906 | 36 | #598 | 12 | #738 |
| 1905 | 31 | #636 | 6 | #1,185 |
| 1904 | 23 | #748 | 15 | #605 |
| 1903 | 23 | #706 | 13 | #642 |
| 1902 | 20 | #787 | 8 | #901 |
| 1901 | 15 | #874 | 7 | #911 |
| 1900 | 32 | #629 | 7 | #1,131 |
| 1899 | 27 | #603 | 12 | #601 |
| 1898 | 18 | #808 | 6 | #1,083 |
| 1897 | 16 | #815 | under 5 | |
| 1896 | 18 | #779 | 12 | #661 |
| 1895 | 13 | #918 | 8 | #839 |
| 1894 | 12 | #931 | 5 | #1,186 |
| 1893 | 15 | #783 | 7 | #887 |
| 1892 | 10 | #995 | 5 | #1,194 |
| 1891 | 11 | #874 | under 5 | |
| 1890 | 18 | #633 | 9 | #716 |
| 1889 | 14 | #709 | under 5 | |
| 1888 | 9 | #937 | 7 | #884 |
| 1887 | 9 | #831 | under 5 | |
| 1886 | 7 | #962 | under 5 | |
| 1884 | 9 | #773 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Maxie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 8,672 Americans recorded as Maxie, 46% are girls and 54% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Maxie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Maxie, and how old are they?
2,890 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 33% of the 8,672 Americans ever recorded as Maxie. The median Maxie alive today is 67 years old; half are between 46 and 79.
The 2020 Census counted 2,874 people named Maxie (1,269 women and girls, 1,605 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,514 born in the U.S. The Census count is 18% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 630 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,060 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 488 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 358 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 187 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 155 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Maxie born?
The states with the most babies named Maxie are Texas, South Carolina and Kentucky, with 43% of its births recorded by state since 1910; South Carolina and Kentucky are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 640 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| South Carolina | 632 | not ranked | 4.0× |
| Kentucky | 437 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Tennessee | 379 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Georgia | 338 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Virginia | 331 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Alabama | 255 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Louisiana | 232 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Mississippi | 210 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| North Carolina | 203 | not ranked | 0.8× |
Where Maxie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Maxie is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 4.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Maxie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 9,272 babies since 1880, Maxie is the most given (94% of them). In 2025 it was given to 23 of their 34 babies (68%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Maxie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Maxie and names like it
- Compare Maxie and MaxiBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sMaxie peaked in 1935.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Maxie since 1910.
- The top names of 1935The year the most babies were named Maxie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Maxie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.