MAK-see-moos; MAKS-ih-muss
Maximus
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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.
Pronounced MAK-see-moos; MAKS-ih-muss.
As of October 2026, Maximus ranked #276 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #187 in 2016, Nameberry popularity #327.
Editor's take: The name Maximus is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "greatest".
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
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Famous Maximuss
- Saint Maximus the Confessor
6th century Byzantine monk, patron of babies and the dying
- Saint Maximus the Greek
Greek,Russian monk and scholar
- Maximus Planudes
Byzantine Greek monk and scholar
- Maximus of Tyre
Greek rhetorician and philosopher
- Maximus Johnity Ongkili
Malaysian politician
- Marius Maximus
Roman biographer
- Maximus Jack Szczerbiak (b. 2008)
son of basketball player Wally Szczerbiak & Shannon Ward
- Maximus Colin Ponton (b. 2012)
son of trainer and TV personality Shannan Ponton
- Bryce Maximus James (b. 2007)
son of basketballer LeBron James
- Prometheus Maximus Uygur
son of Young Turks host Cenk Uygur
- Maximus Lipovetsky
son of Youtube personality Valeria Lipovetsky
Maximus in pop culture
- Maximus Decimus Meridius
main character in movie "Gladiator"
- Maximus "Max
" white horse in Disney movie "Tangled".
- Maximus
Marvel Comics character
- Maximus Cross
character in "The Masked Truth" by Kelley Armstrong
- Knight Maximus
protagonist of the Fallout TV series
Variations & nicknames
- MaximinoPortuguese
- MaxsimianoSpanish
- MaximianoSpanish
- MassimoItalian
- MaximeFrench
- MakimusPolish
- MaximosGreek
- MásimioSpanish
- MasimianoSpanish
- MáximoSpanish
- MàmusGaelic
- MiximinoSpanish
- MéssimoSpanish
- MáxcimoSpanish