# Maxim (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/maxim/  
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 | “greatest”, “great” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Maxam |
| US babies named this | 6,998 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,992 / 6 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,937, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* As a given name, from Latin Maximus (“greatest”), superlative of magnus (“great”). Borne by several early Christian saints. * As a French or Dutch surname, from the given name. * For the machine gun, named after American and British inventor Hiram Maxim (1840–1916).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 16,277 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 313 | 728 |
| 2012 | 346 | 687 |
| 2013 | 319 | 732 |
| 2014 | 335 | 721 |
| 2015 | 301 | 780 |
| 2016 | 265 | 847 |
| 2017 | 249 | 871 |
| 2018 | 240 | 903 |
| 2019 | 216 | 986 |
| 2020 | 177 | 1,114 |
| 2021 | 197 | 1,078 |
| 2022 | 174 | 1,176 |
| 2023 | 142 | 1,337 |
| 2024 | 125 | 1,453 |
| 2025 | 114 | 1,524 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 91 | 431 |
| 2012 | 76 | 498 |
| 2013 | 62 | 570 |
| 2014 | 65 | 558 |
| 2015 | 99 | 416 |
| 2016 | 81 | 501 |
| 2017 | 87 | 469 |
| 2018 | 85 | 475 |
| 2019 | 70 | 541 |
| 2020 | 76 | 500 |
| 2021 | 81 | 489 |
| 2022 | 60 | 610 |
| 2023 | 57 | 625 |
| 2024 | 50 | 711 |
| 2025 | 65 | 593 |

## People named Maxim

- Éric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Cameroonian association football player
- Maxim De Cuyper, Belgian association football player (born 2000)
- Maxim Reality, British singer, rapper and musician
- Maxim Van Gils, Belgian cyclist
- Maxim Mehmet, German actor
- Maxim Lapierre, Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Maxim Leitsch, association football player
- Maxim Tissot, Canadian professional soccer player
- Maxim Roy, Canadian actress
- Maxim Noreau, Canadian ice hockey defenceman
- Maxim Knight, American child actor
- Maximus of Aveia, Christian deacon and martyr

## 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.