Maxximus — #7496 US boys' name
432 babies named Maxximus in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 47% of names given to boys today.
58% of everyone ever named Maxximus was born in this single decade.
34 babies were named Maxximus in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maxximus
The Social Security Administration has registered 432 babies named Maxximus between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Maxximus currently holds the #7496 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 34 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maxximus performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 252 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Maxximus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Maxximus in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maxximus 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 432 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.
Maxximus at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Maxximus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2016)
- 34
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #7496 among boys.
432 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 34 births in a single year.
Maxximus by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 252 births that decade — 58% of Maxximus's all-time total
Maxximus decade highlights
- Peak decade 252 births
- Runner-up 112 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Maxximus's strongest decade
252 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Maxximus by state
Where Maxximus concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 32 | 7.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 5 | 1.2% |
32 of 432 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.4% of nationwide
- New York 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.4% 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, 2000–2024 (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.