# Maximus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/maximus/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 34,679 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 34,662 / 17 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,387, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Maximus.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 7 | 14,489 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18,213 |
| 2017 | 5 | 17,539 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,649 | 212 |
| 2012 | 1,844 | 206 |
| 2013 | 1,932 | 200 |
| 2014 | 2,137 | 192 |
| 2015 | 2,066 | 197 |
| 2016 | 2,129 | 187 |
| 2017 | 1,964 | 201 |
| 2018 | 1,820 | 212 |
| 2019 | 1,647 | 228 |
| 2020 | 1,407 | 251 |
| 2021 | 1,317 | 262 |
| 2022 | 1,274 | 270 |
| 2023 | 1,041 | 319 |
| 2024 | 1,045 | 331 |
| 2025 | 1,249 | 276 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 226 | 218 |
| 2012 | 269 | 205 |
| 2013 | 284 | 195 |
| 2014 | 284 | 203 |
| 2015 | 325 | 181 |
| 2016 | 319 | 179 |
| 2017 | 308 | 182 |
| 2018 | 283 | 187 |
| 2019 | 287 | 181 |
| 2020 | 252 | 201 |
| 2021 | 293 | 180 |
| 2022 | 231 | 219 |
| 2023 | 232 | 213 |
| 2024 | 252 | 199 |
| 2025 | 228 | 219 |

## People named Maximus

- Maximus, 6th century Catholic bishop of Zaragoza, Hispania

## 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.