Maxim
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning the greatest; superlative form of maximus.
How Maxim has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #780 |
| 2016 | #847 |
| 2017 | #871 |
| 2018 | #902 |
| 2019 | #985 |
Maxim by the numbers
In 2025, 65 babies in England and Wales were named Maxim. In the US, 248 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 346 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maxim. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Maximothe greatest or largest245 in the US (2017)
- Maximethe greatest; a form of Maximus15 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maxiethe greatest; diminutive of maxim or maxwell3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maxigreatest; a diminutive of Maximus7 in the US (2017)
- Mazimdetermined, resolved3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maximusgreatest or largest1,951 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Maxim
Names that are said the same way as Maxim, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Maxim
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