Maxine — #521 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Maxine

The Social Security Administration has registered 115,010 babies named Maxine between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maxine currently holds the #521 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 3,659 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maxine performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 33,743 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Maxine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 6,022 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Maxine in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maxine 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 115,010 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.