# Max (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/max/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /mæks/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | Mac, Mack |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 168,577 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 167,458 / 1,119 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 60,891, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Max, diminutive of Maximilian in the 19th century, later also used as a nickname for Maxwell.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 12,957 |
| 2012 | 15 | 8,066 |
| 2013 | 19 | 6,638 |
| 2014 | 14 | 8,352 |
| 2015 | 23 | 5,777 |
| 2016 | 54 | 3,086 |
| 2017 | 42 | 3,677 |
| 2018 | 56 | 2,953 |
| 2019 | 28 | 4,859 |
| 2020 | 71 | 2,462 |
| 2021 | 53 | 3,097 |
| 2022 | 52 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 73 | 2,460 |
| 2024 | 45 | 3,492 |
| 2025 | 41 | 3,687 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,956 | 96 |
| 2012 | 3,697 | 105 |
| 2013 | 3,520 | 111 |
| 2014 | 3,497 | 112 |
| 2015 | 3,422 | 117 |
| 2016 | 3,423 | 118 |
| 2017 | 3,145 | 128 |
| 2018 | 2,878 | 136 |
| 2019 | 2,755 | 137 |
| 2020 | 2,486 | 147 |
| 2021 | 2,410 | 160 |
| 2022 | 2,389 | 157 |
| 2023 | 2,205 | 163 |
| 2024 | 2,126 | 175 |
| 2025 | 2,025 | 180 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,043 | 20 |
| 2012 | 3,220 | 18 |
| 2013 | 2,836 | 25 |
| 2014 | 2,602 | 26 |
| 2015 | 2,407 | 28 |
| 2016 | 2,405 | 25 |
| 2017 | 2,165 | 27 |
| 2018 | 1,867 | 31 |
| 2019 | 1,835 | 28 |
| 2020 | 1,585 | 33 |
| 2021 | 1,650 | 34 |
| 2022 | 1,459 | 37 |
| 2023 | 1,274 | 44 |
| 2024 | 1,140 | 44 |
| 2025 | 1,061 | 48 |

## People named Max

- Max Born, German-Jewish physicist and mathematician (1882–1970)
- Max Euwe, Dutch chess player and mathematician
- Friedrich Max Müller, German-born British philologist, orientalist and indologist (1823–1900)
- Max Delbrück, biophysicist (1906–1981)
- Max Perutz, Austrian-born British molecular biologist (1914-2002)
- Max Brod, Bohemian-Israeli author, composer, and journalist (1884–1968)
- Max Wolf, German astrophotography pioneer (1863-1932)
- Max Jacob, French poet, painter, writer and critic (1876-1944)
- Max Liebermann, German painter (1847–1935)
- Prince Maximilian of Baden, German chancellor (1867-1929)
- Max Schmeling, German boxer (1905-2005)
- Max Reinhardt, Austrian-American theater director and actor (1873-1943)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.