Max
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning greatest; diminutive of Maximus.
Babies a year
1,061
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#180
down from #175
UK popularity
#48
1,061 babies · down from #44
How Max has moved
View as table
| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #118 |
| 2016 | #118 |
| 2017 | #128 |
| 2018 | #136 |
| 2019 | #137 |
| 2020 | #147 |
| 2021 | #159 |
| 2022 | #156 |
| 2023 | #163 |
| 2024 | #175 |
| 2025 | #180 |
In 2025, 1,061 babies in England and Wales were named Max. In the US, 3,162 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Max was most common in 1915, when it went to 0.16% of American babies of that sex. Squarely vintage-revival territory.
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