# Maximo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/maximo/  
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 | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,223 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,223 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 191, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicized spelling of Spanish Máximo.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 273 | 804 |
| 2012 | 223 | 924 |
| 2013 | 254 | 843 |
| 2014 | 232 | 922 |
| 2015 | 263 | 857 |
| 2016 | 320 | 762 |
| 2017 | 245 | 880 |
| 2018 | 282 | 803 |
| 2019 | 326 | 742 |
| 2020 | 321 | 754 |
| 2021 | 351 | 733 |
| 2022 | 414 | 661 |
| 2023 | 498 | 578 |
| 2024 | 485 | 591 |
| 2025 | 506 | 580 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 15 | 1,551 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,052 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,259 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1,723 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1,782 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1,879 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Maximo

- Máximo Perrone, Argentinian football player
- Máximo Banguera, Ecuadorian footballer
- Máximo González, Argentine tennis player (born 1983)
- Máximo Gómez Báez, Cuban-dominican Major General (1836-1905)
- Máximo Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer
- Máximo Kirchner, Argentine politician
- Máximo Alcócer, Bolivian footballer (1933-2014)
- Maximus I of Constantinople, archbishop of Constantinople in 380
- Maximus I of Antioch, 2nd-century Christian bishop

## 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.