Maxine
Maxine was given to 597 girls in 2025, #497 among girls’ names; 115,989 Americans have been recorded with it since 1884 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 36,800 Americans named Maxine and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (32% of everyone recorded); the median is 71 years old and half are between 38 and 81.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Maxine by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Maxine mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Maxine is “a female given name from Latin.”
From Max + -ine. An English feminine form of Max coined at the end of the nineteenth century. Piecewise doublet of Maxina.
/mækˈsiːn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Maxine?
#497 among girls’ names, 2025
Maxine rose from #1,108 in 2015 to #497 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.13 to 0.37 per 1,000.
3,672 babies in 1924, the peak
Maxine peaked in 1924, when 3,672 babies were given it (3,659 girls, #77 among girls’ names). The 597 births of 2025 are 16% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 597 | #497 | 0.37 |
| 2024 | 595 | #519 | 0.37 |
| 2023 | 591 | #514 | 0.37 |
| 2022 | 483 | #615 | 0.29 |
| 2021 | 410 | #703 | 0.25 |
| 2020 | 370 | #742 | 0.23 |
| 2019 | 347 | #798 | 0.21 |
| 2018 | 319 | #851 | 0.19 |
| 2017 | 311 | #880 | 0.18 |
| 2016 | 309 | #901 | 0.17 |
Every recorded year (139)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 234 | #1,108 | 0.13 |
| 2014 | 204 | #1,196 | 0.11 |
| 2013 | 238 | #1,043 | 0.14 |
| 2012 | 188 | #1,278 | 0.11 |
| 2011 | 159 | #1,430 | 0.09 |
| 2010 | 161 | #1,424 | 0.09 |
| 2009 | 139 | #1,617 | 0.08 |
| 2008 | 142 | #1,603 | 0.08 |
| 2007 | 138 | #1,619 | 0.07 |
| 2006 | 129 | #1,648 | 0.07 |
| 2005 | 139 | #1,504 | 0.08 |
| 2004 | 150 | #1,391 | 0.08 |
| 2003 | 166 | #1,263 | 0.09 |
| 2002 | 183 | #1,139 | 0.10 |
| 2001 | 206 | #1,042 | 0.11 |
| 2000 | 178 | #1,144 | 0.10 |
| 1999 | 165 | #1,180 | 0.09 |
| 1998 | 187 | #1,053 | 0.11 |
| 1997 | 182 | #1,051 | 0.10 |
| 1996 | 195 | #977 | 0.11 |
| 1995 | 181 | #1,016 | 0.10 |
| 1994 | 206 | #919 | 0.12 |
| 1993 | 200 | #947 | 0.11 |
| 1992 | 196 | #975 | 0.11 |
| 1991 | 200 | #948 | 0.11 |
| 1990 | 173 | #1,039 | 0.09 |
| 1989 | 173 | #998 | 0.09 |
| 1988 | 194 | #899 | 0.11 |
| 1987 | 157 | #1,001 | 0.09 |
| 1986 | 125 | #1,146 | 0.07 |
| 1985 | 133 | #1,093 | 0.08 |
| 1984 | 119 | #1,148 | 0.07 |
| 1983 | 110 | #1,186 | 0.07 |
| 1982 | 115 | #1,190 | 0.07 |
| 1981 | 121 | #1,136 | 0.07 |
| 1980 | 110 | #1,201 | 0.07 |
| 1979 | 120 | #1,123 | 0.07 |
| 1978 | 143 | #973 | 0.09 |
| 1977 | 120 | #1,084 | 0.08 |
| 1976 | 114 | #1,076 | 0.08 |
| 1975 | 128 | #972 | 0.09 |
| 1974 | 132 | #943 | 0.09 |
| 1973 | 162 | #813 | 0.11 |
| 1972 | 163 | #817 | 0.11 |
| 1971 | 197 | #749 | 0.12 |
| 1970 | 262 | #632 | 0.15 |
| 1969 | 237 | #647 | 0.14 |
| 1968 | 257 | #601 | 0.16 |
| 1967 | 288 | #555 | 0.17 |
| 1966 | 366 | #490 | 0.22 |
| 1965 | 424 | #464 | 0.24 |
| 1964 | 446 | #460 | 0.24 |
| 1963 | 499 | #434 | 0.26 |
| 1962 | 572 | #403 | 0.29 |
| 1961 | 628 | #383 | 0.31 |
| 1960 | 592 | #390 | 0.29 |
| 1959 | 698 | #359 | 0.34 |
| 1958 | 687 | #351 | 0.34 |
| 1957 | 773 | #329 | 0.38 |
| 1956 | 892 | #300 | 0.44 |
| 1955 | 870 | #294 | 0.44 |
| 1954 | 989 | #265 | 0.51 |
| 1953 | 1,172 | #234 | 0.62 |
| 1952 | 1,160 | #230 | 0.63 |
| 1951 | 1,247 | #218 | 0.69 |
| 1950 | 1,254 | #213 | 0.73 |
| 1949 | 1,329 | #204 | 0.78 |
| 1948 | 1,522 | #181 | 0.90 |
| 1947 | 1,584 | #181 | 0.89 |
| 1946 | 1,544 | #172 | 1.0 |
| 1945 | 1,449 | #162 | 1.1 |
| 1944 | 1,603 | #153 | 1.2 |
| 1943 | 1,754 | #153 | 1.3 |
| 1942 | 1,750 | #148 | 1.3 |
| 1941 | 1,750 | #139 | 1.4 |
| 1940 | 1,785 | #137 | 1.6 |
| 1939 | 1,774 | #137 | 1.6 |
| 1938 | 1,824 | #130 | 1.7 |
| 1937 | 1,730 | #136 | 1.6 |
| 1936 | 1,828 | #127 | 1.8 |
| 1935 | 1,926 | #120 | 1.8 |
| 1934 | 2,018 | #114 | 1.9 |
| 1933 | 2,061 | #110 | 2.0 |
| 1932 | 2,223 | #110 | 2.1 |
| 1931 | 2,392 | #101 | 2.2 |
| 1930 | 2,700 | #93 | 2.4 |
| 1929 | 2,994 | #85 | 2.7 |
| 1928 | 3,124 | #84 | 2.7 |
| 1927 | 3,094 | #87 | 2.6 |
| 1926 | 3,150 | #85 | 2.7 |
| 1925 | 3,538 | #79 | 2.9 |
| 1924 | 3,659 | #77 | 2.9 |
| 1923 | 3,603 | #76 | 3.0 |
| 1922 | 3,444 | #82 | 2.9 |
| 1921 | 3,630 | #77 | 2.9 |
| 1920 | 3,507 | #81 | 2.9 |
| 1919 | 3,183 | #85 | 2.8 |
| 1918 | 3,216 | #87 | 2.8 |
| 1917 | 2,647 | #93 | 2.4 |
| 1916 | 2,424 | #96 | 2.3 |
| 1915 | 2,110 | #98 | 2.1 |
| 1914 | 1,396 | #114 | 1.8 |
| 1913 | 1,073 | #119 | 1.7 |
| 1912 | 823 | #134 | 1.5 |
| 1911 | 531 | #152 | 1.3 |
| 1910 | 397 | #171 | 1.0 |
| 1909 | 332 | #179 | 1.0 |
| 1908 | 220 | #228 | 0.66 |
| 1907 | 219 | #222 | 0.69 |
| 1906 | 173 | #247 | 0.59 |
| 1905 | 135 | #286 | 0.46 |
| 1904 | 84 | #359 | 0.31 |
| 1903 | 70 | #380 | 0.27 |
| 1902 | 62 | #396 | 0.23 |
| 1901 | 46 | #437 | 0.19 |
| 1900 | 68 | #404 | 0.23 |
| 1899 | 34 | #513 | 0.15 |
| 1898 | 31 | #584 | 0.12 |
| 1897 | 26 | #610 | 0.11 |
| 1896 | 14 | #890 | 0.06 |
| 1895 | 12 | #964 | 0.05 |
| 1894 | 13 | #887 | 0.06 |
| 1893 | 17 | #733 | 0.08 |
| 1892 | 8 | #1,145 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,170 | 0.04 |
| 1890 | 11 | #859 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,102 | 0.04 |
| 1885 | 6 | #1,005 | 0.05 |
| 1884 | 8 | #831 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Maxine a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Maxine has been given almost only to girls: 377 boys in 139 years of records.
Girls and boys named Maxine: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Maxine, and how old are they?
36,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 32% of the 115,989 Americans ever recorded as Maxine. The median Maxine alive today is 71 years old; half are between 38 and 81.
The 2020 Census counted 43,204 people named Maxine (43,044 women and girls, 160 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 44,047 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 9,660 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 13,800 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,960 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,530 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,580 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,980 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Maxine born?
The states with the most babies named Maxine are Michigan, California and Illinois, with 16% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 6,038 | #515 | 1.4× |
| California | 5,754 | #323 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 5,657 | #480 | 0.9× |
| Texas | 5,506 | #737 | 0.8× |
| New York | 5,481 | #528 | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 5,215 | #410 | 0.9× |
| Iowa | 4,837 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 4,712 | #397 | 0.6× |
| Missouri | 4,168 | #470 | 1.4× |
| Indiana | 3,823 | #342 | 1.3× |
Where Maxine is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Maxine is most over-represented in Iowa: since 1910 it was given 2.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Maxine with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 116,582 babies since 1880, Maxine is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 597 of their 605 babies (99%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Maxine
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Maxine and names like it
- Compare Maxine and MaxeneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sMaxine peaked in 1924.
- Michigan’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Maxine since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Maxine: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1924The year the most babies were named Maxine.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Maxine alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.