Maximillan — boys' name
57 babies named Maximillan in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
57 boys have been named Maximillan since 1987, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2021.
- 57
- total births
- 1987–2021
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 60%
- born in that decade
60% of everyone ever named Maximillan was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Maximillan in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maximillan
The Social Security Administration has registered 57 babies named Maximillan between 1987 and 2021, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Maximillan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maximillan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Maximillan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Maximillan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maximillan 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 57 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.
Maximillan at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Maximillan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1987
- Peak year (1997)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
57 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 10 births in a single year.
Maximillan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 34 births that decade — 60% of Maximillan's all-time total
Maximillan decade highlights
- Peak decade 34 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Maximillan's strongest decade
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Maximillan by state
Where Maximillan concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 8.8% |
5 of 57 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 8.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1987–2021 (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.