Maximus
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning greatest or largest.
Babies a year
1,951
the US, 2017
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#276
up from #330
UK popularity
#219
228 babies · down from #199
How Maximus has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #197 |
| 2016 | #187 |
| 2017 | #201 |
| 2018 | #212 |
| 2019 | #229 |
| 2020 | #251 |
| 2021 | #263 |
| 2022 | #270 |
| 2023 | #320 |
| 2024 | #330 |
| 2025 | #276 |
Maximus by the numbers
In 2025, 228 babies in England and Wales were named Maximus. In the US, 1,951 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 2,135 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Names that come from Maximus
Forms of Maximus in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Maxgreatest; diminutive of Maximus1,061 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maxinegreatest; feminine form of Maximus309 in the US (2017)
- Macsengreat; a form of Maximus141 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maksimgreatest; form of Maximus139 in the US (2017)
- Maxongreatest; a form of Maximus95 in the US (2017)
- Maxsonson of Maximus; the greatest one55 in the US (2017)
- Maximinothe greatest; a form of Maximus25 in the US (2017)
- Maksgreatest; a form of Maximus7 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maximus. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Maximosgreatest; largest21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maxximus25 in the US (2017)
- Maximthe greatest; superlative form of maximus65 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maximothe greatest or largest245 in the US (2017)
- Mariusof mars; warlike18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maximethe greatest; a form of Maximus15 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Maximus
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