# Maxence (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/maxence/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 77 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 77 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 74, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 | 11,707 |
| 2004 | 5 | 12,564 |
| 2006 | 8 | 9,276 |
| 2008 | 5 | 13,892 |
| 2009 | 5 | 13,796 |
| 2014 | 8 | 9,335 |
| 2016 | 5 | 13,515 |
| 2020 | 7 | 10,221 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,658 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,798 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,405 |
| 2025 | 10 | 8,027 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Maxence

- Maxence Lacroix, French footballer (born 2000)
- Maxence Caqueret, French association football player (born 2000)
- Maxence Van Der Meersch, French writer (1907-1951)
- Maxence Caron, French writer and philosopher
- Maxence Muzaton, French alpine skier
- Maxence Rivera, French association football player
- Maxence Prévot, French association football player
- Olivier-Maxence Prosper, Canadian basketball player (born 2002)
- Maxence Perrin, French actor
- Maxence Flachez, French football player/commentator
- Maxence Danet-Fauvel, French model and actor
- Maxence Fermine, French writer

## 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.