Boys' name · since 1987
Maxwel
267 babies named Maxwel in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,291 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 267
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Maxwel is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 267 have been recorded since 1987.
Maxwel has 267 recorded births among boys since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2024.
- #11,291 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 267 born since 1987
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maxwel ranks #11,291 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 267 born since 1987, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,291 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 267
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Maxwel's 267 recorded births place it above 75.16% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maxwel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maxwel's full recorded timeline at 2004, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2001 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maxwel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2024
- Peak year (2001)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Maxwel by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (131 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Maxwel's strongest decade.
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Maxwel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s
1990s
77 births
- 2000s
2000s
131 births
- 2010s 41
2010s
41 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 131 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Maxwel's decade-level peak was the 2000s (131 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maxwel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1987–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Maxwel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.