Recorded 1987–2023 Boys' name Peak 1998 363 births

Maximilien — boys' name

363 babies named Maximilien in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s51990s802000s1082010s1282020s42
2010s
Peak decade

35% of everyone ever named Maximilien was born in this single decade.

1998
Single peak year

16 babies were named Maximilien in 1998 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Maximilien

The Social Security Administration has registered 363 babies named Maximilien between 1987 and 2023, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Maximilien currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maximilien performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 128 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Maximilien shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Maximilien in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maximilien 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 363 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.

Maximilien at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

363

Since 1987

37 years of records

Peak year

1998

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1987

Recorded for 37 years

Last year on file: 2023

Maximilien popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1987

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (1998)
16
Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
05101520 20232018201320082003199819931987 5

Maximilien by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
128 births that decade — 35% of Maximilien's all-time total
1980s51990s802000s1082010s1282020s42

Maximilien by state

Where Maximilien concentrates geographically — total births since 1987

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Maximilien
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
35 9.6%
California share of Maximilien's total US births 9.6%

35 of 363 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Maximilien?
363 babies have been named Maximilien since 1987. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 1998 with 16 births.
When was Maximilien most popular?
Maximilien was most popular in the 2010s decade with 128 total births. The single peak year was 1998.
Where is Maximilien most popular?
The top states for the name Maximilien are California (35 births).
How long has the name Maximilien been used?
Maximilien has been recorded in Social Security data since 1987, spanning 37 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Maximilien?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Max, Maxwell, Maximus, Maximiliano, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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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, 1987–2023 (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.