# Maxine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/maxine/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /mækˈsiːn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Max, Maxy |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 115,989 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 377 / 115,612 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 538, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Max + -ine. An English feminine form of Max coined at the end of the nineteenth century. Piecewise doublet of Maxina.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 159 | 1,430 |
| 2012 | 188 | 1,278 |
| 2013 | 238 | 1,043 |
| 2014 | 204 | 1,196 |
| 2015 | 234 | 1,108 |
| 2016 | 309 | 901 |
| 2017 | 311 | 880 |
| 2018 | 319 | 851 |
| 2019 | 347 | 798 |
| 2020 | 370 | 742 |
| 2021 | 410 | 703 |
| 2022 | 483 | 615 |
| 2023 | 591 | 514 |
| 2024 | 595 | 519 |
| 2025 | 597 | 497 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 12 | 2,212 |
| 1935 | 15 | 1,895 |
| 1936 | 12 | 2,140 |
| 1937 | 13 | 2,060 |
| 1938 | 12 | 2,146 |
| 1939 | 11 | 2,251 |
| 1940 | 11 | 2,269 |
| 1941 | 10 | 2,436 |
| 1943 | 12 | 2,246 |
| 1944 | 11 | 2,271 |
| 1945 | 5 | 3,619 |
| 1946 | 6 | 3,402 |
| 1949 | 6 | 3,573 |
| 1950 | 5 | 4,016 |
| 1951 | 8 | 2,987 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,809 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,460 |
| 2014 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,961 |
| 2016 | 13 | 2,120 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,788 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,940 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,846 |
| 2021 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,948 |
| 2023 | 32 | 1,056 |
| 2024 | 24 | 1,353 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,719 |

## People named Maxine

- Maxine Hong Kingston, Chinese American author
- Maxine Singer, American molecular biologist (1931–2024)
- Maxine Kumin, American poet and author (1925-2014)
- Maxine Peake, British actress
- Maxine Sullivan, American blues and jazz singer (1911-1987)
- Maxine Bahns, American triathlete and actor
- Maxine Nightingale, British R&B and soul music singer (born 1952)
- Maxine Medina, Filipina model, actress and beauty pageant winner
- Maxine Elliott, American actress and businesswoman (1868–1940)
- Maxine Doyle, American actress, primarily worked in the 1930s and 1940s and known for her work at Republ
- Maxine Brown, American soul and R&B singer
- Maxine Sanders, British Wiccan priestess

## 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.