Maxim — #1444 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Maxim

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,878 babies named Maxim between 1923 and 2024, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Maxim currently holds the #1444 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 346 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maxim performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,898 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Maxim shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 998 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Maxim in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maxim 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 6,878 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.