Maximus — #330 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Maximus

The Social Security Administration has registered 33,403 babies named Maximus between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Maximus currently holds the #330 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 2,137 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maximus performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 18,674 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Maximus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5,171 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Maximus in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maximus 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 33,403 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.