Maximus
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Maximus
The powerful name of the powerful character played by Russell Crowe in the 2000 film Gladiator first appeared on the popularity charts that same year. Max to the max. One time considered a "too much name" name, Maximus has entered the realm of possibility.
Maximus was originally a Latin title of honor given to successful military commanders, such as Quintus Fabius Maximus, and then came to be a personal name, borne by several early saints.
In George Eliot's novel Felix Holt: The Radical, Maximus Debarry is very much an aristocrat. LeBron James used it as the middle name for his son Bryce.
Maximus is also given to girls.
Pronounced MAX-i-mus.
As of October 2026, Maximus ranked #276 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #187 in 2016, Nameberry popularity #292.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #192 | 2,137 | 1,112.5 |
| 2015 | #197 | 2,066 | 1,077.9 |
| 2016 | #187 | 2,129 | 1,121.9 |
| 2017 | #201 | 1,964 | 1,061.1 |
| 2018 | #212 | 1,819 | 1,001.6 |
| 2019 | #229 | 1,645 | 916.8 |
| 2020 | #251 | 1,406 | 814.6 |
| 2021 | #262 | 1,317 | 752.8 |
| 2022 | #270 | 1,273 | 729.1 |
| 2023 | #319 | 1,038 | 606.8 |
| 2024 | #330 | 1,043 | 605.4 |
| 2025 | #276 | 1,249 | 731.2 |
World rankings
Maximus for boys
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Maximus on lists
Famous Maximuss
- Saint Maximus the ConfessorBoy
6th century Byzantine monk, patron of babies and the dying
- Saint Maximus the GreekBoy
Greek,Russian monk and scholar
- Maximus PlanudesBoy
Byzantine Greek monk and scholar
- Maximus of TyreBoy
Greek rhetorician and philosopher
- Maximus Johnity OngkiliBoy
Malaysian politician
- Marius MaximusBoy
Roman biographer
- Maximus Jack Szczerbiak (b. 2008)Boy
son of basketball player Wally Szczerbiak & Shannon Ward
- Maximus Colin Ponton (b. 2012)Boy
son of trainer and TV personality Shannan Ponton
- Bryce Maximus James (b. 2007)Boy
son of basketballer LeBron James
- Prometheus Maximus UygurBoy
son of Young Turks host Cenk Uygur
- Maximus LipovetskyBoy
son of Youtube personality Valeria Lipovetsky
Maximus in pop culture
- Maximus Decimus MeridiusBoy
main character in movie "Gladiator"
- Maximus "MaxBoy
" white horse in Disney movie "Tangled".
- MaximusBoy
Marvel Comics character
- Maximus CrossBoy
character in "The Masked Truth" by Kelley Armstrong
- Knight MaximusBoy
protagonist of the Fallout TV series