Maximilian — #586 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Maximilian

The Social Security Administration has registered 18,440 babies named Maximilian between 1907 and 2024, spanning 118 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Maximilian currently holds the #586 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 717 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maximilian performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 6,507 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Maximilian shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,265 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Maximilian in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maximilian 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 18,440 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.