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Gender: M Popularity: this week. Origin of Max: English and German diminutive of Maximilian or Maxwell Meaning of Max: "greatest" Max's Popularity in 2012: #105
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Max was transformed from cigar-chomping grandpa to rosy-cheeked baby in the 1980s, along with card-playing partners Sam and Jake.

Never quite as popular as it seemed, Max is now, at Number 105, close to the the highest it's been on the Social Security list since 1917, when German-sounding names went out of favor. The character name Max in the children's classic Where the Wild Things Are had an impact on baby namers. The name is currently in the Top 20 in Britain, Australia, Germany, The Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand.

Max has been a popular starbaby name for decades, most recently for the sons of Christina Aguilera, Cynthia Nixon and Charlie Sheen, while other celebs, such as Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, have used more formal appellations--Maximilian, Maxwell, Maxfield--on the birth certificate to get to the nickname Max. Skater Scott Hamilton put his own spin on it by maximizing the spelling of his son's name to Maxx.

Warning: Max has long been the top name for canines.

Famous People Named Max

Max Greenfield - American actor
Max Pacioretty - American hockey player
Maximillion "Max" Thieriot - American actor
Maximillian "Max" Starks - American football player
Maxwell "Max" Unger - American football player
Max Liron Bratman(b.2008) - son of Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman
Max George- Member of The Wanted

Pop Culture References for the Name Max

Max, of 'Where The Wild Things Are'
"Mad Max" Rockatansky, title hero of the 'Mad Max' series of dystopian action films, played by Mel Gibson
Max, character on US children's show 'Max and Ruby'
Max, main boy on the children's show 'Dragon Tales' and little brother to Emmy
Max Evans, character on the show 'Roswell'
Max, character on the TV show 'Happy Endings'

Maxey, Maxie, Maxx, Maxy

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Max

Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Max: Diminutive of Maxine Meaning of Max: "greatest"
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If Sam can make it as a girl's name, why not Max?

Famous People Named Max

Pop Culture References for the Name Max

Max Black, character on "2 Broke Girls" played by Kat Dennings

Maximum Ride, nicknamed "Max", who is the title character teenaged female protagonist in the book series by James Patterson

Max, Jessica Alba's character from the tv show Dark Angel