Maxim
About Maxim
Although often connected to the men's magazine title, Maxim is a chic and powerful name for a little boy. It's proving moderately popular too, having been in the Top 1000 in the US since the year 2000.
Pronounced MAK-sim.
As of October 2026, Maxim ranked #1524 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #686 in 2012.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #720 | 335 | 174.4 |
| 2015 | #780 | 301 | 157 |
| 2016 | #847 | 265 | 139.6 |
| 2017 | #871 | 249 | 134.5 |
| 2018 | #903 | 240 | 132.1 |
| 2019 | #985 | 216 | 120.4 |
| 2020 | #1,114 | 177 | 102.5 |
| 2021 | #1,078 | 197 | 112.6 |
| 2022 | #1,175 | 174 | 99.7 |
| 2023 | #1,336 | 142 | 83 |
| 2024 | #1,446 | 125 | 72.6 |
| 2025 | #1,524 | 114 | 66.7 |
World rankings
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Maxim on lists
Famous Maxims
- Maxim Gorky
Russian writer
- Maxim "Max" Bemis
American musician
- Maxim of Bulgaria
patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
- Maxim Reality
stage name of Keith Palmer, musician of British electronic band The Prodigy
- Eric Maxim Choupo
Moting, German,Cameroonian footballer
- Maxim Roy
Canadian actress
- Maxim Arnault (born 2014)
son of supermodel Natalia Vodianova and Antoine Arnault
- Maxim Shabanov
Russian ice hockey player
Maxim in pop culture
- Maximilian "Maxim" de Winter
character from Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
- Maxim
men's magazine
- Maxim
ship in the manga and anime series "One Piece"
- Maxim
character in Lufia video game series
- Maxim Horvath
antagonist in the movie "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"