Boys' name · since 1990
Maxxwell
Since 1990, U.S. Social Security records show 254 babies named Maxxwell, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 254
- total births
- 1990–2023
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
Maxxwell is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 254 have been recorded since 1990.
Maxxwell has 254 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2023.
- 254 total births
- 1990–2023 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 40% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Maxxwell's 254 recorded births place it above 75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maxxwell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maxxwell's full recorded timeline at 2008, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1991, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maxxwell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2023
- Peak year (2008)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Maxxwell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Maxxwell's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Maxxwell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
50 births
- 2000s
2000s
86 births
- 2010s
2010s
101 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 101 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Maxxwell's decade-level peak was the 2010s (101 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1990–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Maxxwell: Baby Name Since 1990 - 254 Births, Peak 2008." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/maxxwell. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Maxxwell 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 July 2026.