Maks
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Maks is a boys' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Maks mean?
Slavic
A transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian male given name diminutive Макс (Maks)
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Maks a girl's or a boy's name?
Maks is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maks in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Maks, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Maks in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,253 boys in the UK were given Maks or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #47, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Maks in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
How popular is Maks in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Maks, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 43 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Maks in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,125 boys in the US were given Maks or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #189, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
Maks in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 29 | #3,683 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 37 | #3,057 |
| 2011 | 43 | #2,747 |
| 2010 | 31 | #3,452 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
Names like Maks
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Veer Bodhi Vihaan Shivansh Krishiv Ayaan River Arjan Dhruv Avyaan Yuvraj
Other spellings of Maks
More Slavic names
Mila Milan Vera Mira Nadia Milana Rayna Zora Milena Raina Damir Lev Siyana Vlad Lilyana Yuri
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Maks: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maks, updated 20 October 2026.