Maxine
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
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.
Maxine is also given to boys.
Pronounced mak-SEEN.
As of October 2026, Maxine ranked #497 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #76 in 1923, Nameberry popularity #214.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,196 | 204 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,108 | 234 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #901 | 309 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #880 | 311 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #851 | 319 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #798 | 347 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #742 | 370 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #703 | 410 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #615 | 483 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #514 | 590 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #520 | 591 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #497 | 597 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Maxine for girls
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Maxine on lists
Famous Maxines
- Maxine Frank SingerGirl
American molecular biologist
- Maxine AudleyGirl
British actress
- Maxine Hong KingstonGirl
American novelist
- Maxine Moore Carr WatersGirl
U.S. Congresswoman from California
- Maxine MawhinneyGirl
Northern Irish newscaster
- Maxine KuminGirl
American poet
- Maxine PeakeGirl
English actress
- Maxine Margaret McKewGirl
Australian MP
- Maxine Elliott (born Jessie McDermott)Girl
American stage actress
- Maxine Sullivan (born Marietta Williams)Girl
American jazz singer
- Maxine NightingaleGirl
singer
- Maxine MagalonaGirl
Filipino actress
- Maxine SwannGirl
American author
- Maxine SandersGirl
English occultist, co,founder of Alexandrian Wicca
- Maxine BirleyGirl
birth name of Anglo,Irish fashion model Maxime de La Falaise
- Maxine Hexum (b. 2011)Girl
daughter of American singer Nick Hexum
Maxine in pop culture
- Maxine "Max" MayfieldGirl
character on TV's Stranger Things
- Maxine Stephanie Blake MinniverGirl
character on British soap "Hollyoaks"
- Maxine FortenberryGirl
character on TV's "True Blood"
- Maxine GreyGirl
character on TV's "Judging Amy"
- Maxine Joseph ChadwayGirl
character in the movie/TV series "Soul Food"
- Maxine George "Max" BlackGirl
a main character on TV's "2 Broke Girls"
- Maxine "Max" HardyGirl
character on TV's "The Following"
- Maxine DenverGirl
character on TV's "The Forgotten"
- Maxine Felice "Max" ShawGirl
character on TV's "Living Single"
- Maxine "Max" GibsonGirl
character in DC Universe
- MaxineGirl
the spunky old lady found on Hallmark cards
- Maxine "Max" CaulfieldGirl
character in "Life Is Strange"
- Maxine SmallGirl
Character on TV's "Girl vs Boy"
- Maxine WilliamsGirl
character on Danielle Steel's novel "Rogue"
- Maxine GriffinGirl
character on TV's "Quantico"
- Maxine ConwayGirl
character on Australian TV series "Wentworth"
- Maxine FaulkGirl
character in Tenessee Williams' "Night of the Iguana"