Maxine
Top 1000
About Maxine
Sleek and stylish with a touch of quirkiness about it too, Maxine is a popular choice in Belgium and France, and has been climbing up the US charts too. Following a two decade absence, it re-entered the Top 1000 in 2016 and a recent year saw it rank just outside the Top 500.
A relative of Maximillian and Maximus, Maxine shares the same aspirational Latin meaning of "greatest" and offers you a way to cool nicknames, like Max, Maxie, and Mina.
Used familiarly since the 20th-century, Maxine had its US peak in the years between 1915 and 1930, when it was a Top 100 choice, attached as it was to celebs of the era, such as actress Maxine Elliott and one of the singing Andrews Sisters. Since then, it has been notably borne by Congresswoman Maxine Waters and Chinese-born writer Maxine Hong Kingston.
Musician Nick Hexum was slightly ahead of the trends when he and his wife Nikki named their daughter Maxine in 2011, a sister to Echo and Harlow.
Pronounced mak-SEEN.
As of October 2026, Maxine ranked #497 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #76 in 1923, Nameberry popularity #515.
Editor's take: The name Maxine is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "greatest".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,196 | 204 | 114.2 |
| 2015 | #1,108 | 234 | 131.1 |
| 2016 | #901 | 309 | 174.4 |
| 2017 | #880 | 311 | 180.1 |
| 2018 | #851 | 319 | 187.5 |
| 2019 | #798 | 347 | 206.7 |
| 2020 | #742 | 370 | 228.9 |
| 2021 | #703 | 410 | 249.9 |
| 2022 | #615 | 483 | 294.5 |
| 2023 | #514 | 590 | 367.7 |
| 2024 | #520 | 591 | 364.8 |
| 2025 | #497 | 597 | 371.4 |
World rankings
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Maxine on lists
Famous Maxines
- Maxine Frank Singer
American molecular biologist
- Maxine Audley
British actress
- Maxine Hong Kingston
American novelist
- Maxine Moore Carr Waters
U.S. Congresswoman from California
- Maxine Mawhinney
Northern Irish newscaster
- Maxine Kumin
American poet
- Maxine Peake
English actress
- Maxine Margaret McKew
Australian MP
- Maxine Elliott (born Jessie McDermott)
American stage actress
- Maxine Sullivan (born Marietta Williams)
American jazz singer
- Maxine Nightingale
singer
- Maxine Magalona
Filipino actress
- Maxine Swann
American author
- Maxine Sanders
English occultist, co,founder of Alexandrian Wicca
- Maxine Birley
birth name of Anglo,Irish fashion model Maxime de La Falaise
- Maxine Hexum (b. 2011)
daughter of American singer Nick Hexum
Maxine in pop culture
- Maxine "Max" Mayfield
character on TV's Stranger Things
- Maxine Stephanie Blake Minniver
character on British soap "Hollyoaks"
- Maxine Fortenberry
character on TV's "True Blood"
- Maxine Grey
character on TV's "Judging Amy"
- Maxine Joseph Chadway
character in the movie/TV series "Soul Food"
- Maxine George "Max" Black
a main character on TV's "2 Broke Girls"
- Maxine "Max" Hardy
character on TV's "The Following"
- Maxine Denver
character on TV's "The Forgotten"
- Maxine Felice "Max" Shaw
character on TV's "Living Single"
- Maxine "Max" Gibson
character in DC Universe
- Maxine
the spunky old lady found on Hallmark cards
- Maxine "Max" Caulfield
character in "Life Is Strange"
- Maxine Small
Character on TV's "Girl vs Boy"
- Maxine Williams
character on Danielle Steel's novel "Rogue"
- Maxine Griffin
character on TV's "Quantico"
- Maxine Conway
character on Australian TV series "Wentworth"
- Maxine Faulk
character in Tenessee Williams' "Night of the Iguana"
Variations & nicknames
- MaximeFrench