# Maximilien (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/maximilien/  
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 | 371 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 371 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 181, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 11 | 7,408 |
| 2011 | 14 | 6,143 |
| 2012 | 15 | 5,891 |
| 2013 | 13 | 6,493 |
| 2014 | 13 | 6,513 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6,195 |
| 2016 | 15 | 5,955 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,595 |
| 2018 | 14 | 6,222 |
| 2019 | 10 | 8,001 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,501 |
| 2021 | 14 | 6,223 |
| 2022 | 12 | 7,095 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,407 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9,420 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 11 | 1,911 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Maximilien

- Maximilien Robespierre, French revolutionary lawyer and politician (1758–1794)
- Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, French duke (1560-1641)
- Maximilien Luce, French painter (1858-1941)
- Jean Maximilien Lamarque, French commander of the Napoleonic Wars and politician (1770-1832)
- Maximilien Sebastien Foy, French military leader, statesman and writer (1775-1825)
- Maximilien Chastanet, French fencer
- Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan, Catholic cardinal
- Maximilien Misson, French travel writer
- Maximilien Gardel, French ballet dancer and choreographer (1741-1787)
- Ferdinand Maximilien Mériadec de Rohan, French Catholic prelate (1738-1813)
- Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (1801-1881)
- Max Ringelmann, French academic (1861-1931)

## 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.