Maxwell
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning great spring; place name.
How Maxwell has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #113 |
| 2016 | #111 |
| 2017 | #132 |
| 2018 | #134 |
| 2019 | #147 |
| 2020 | #146 |
| 2021 | #162 |
| 2022 | #173 |
| 2023 | #183 |
| 2024 | #182 |
| 2025 | #189 |
Maxwell by the numbers
In 2025, 274 babies in England and Wales were named Maxwell. In the US, 3,118 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 the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 3,731 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
At its height, in 2000, about 1 in 620 American boys born that year was called Maxwell.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maxwell. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Maxellgreatest; a modern variant of Maximus or Maxwell6 in the US (2017)
- Maxxwellgreat stream; an invented spelling of Maxwell6 in the US (2017)
- Marcelldedicated to Mars; a variant of Marcel72 in the US (2017)
- Martellhammer-like; diminutive of Mars33 in the US (2017)
- Marvellwonderful, marvelous; a form of Marvel10 in the US (2017)
- Marrelllake by the boundary; a form of Merrell5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean water
Like Maxwell, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Brooksof the small stream1,938 in the US (2017)
- Beckettbee keeper or stream; a surname used as a given name1,763 in the US (2017)
- Beckhamhomestead with a stream1,280 in the US (2017)
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
- Moisesdrawn from the water; Spanish variant of Moses745 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Maxwell
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