Maksim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mak-SEEM
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,859 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,451 for boys
Maksim is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “greatest”. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies) and 2,451st for boys in the US (55 babies).
What does Maksim mean?
Latin: Russian and Slavic form of Maximus
“greatest”
Russian and Slavic form of the Latin Maximus, greatest.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Maksim a girl's or a boy's name?
Maksim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK and 55 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maksim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Maksim, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,829th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 54 boys.
Half of all the boys named Maksim in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 29 boys in the UK were given Maksim or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #973, up from #1,859 for this spelling alone.
- Maxime 15
- Maksim 14
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,795th in England and Wales.
Maksim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #1,859 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,312 |
| 2021 | 29 | #1,085 |
| 2020 | 13 | #1,829 |
| 2019 | 25 | #1,159 |
| 2018 | 31 | #1,017 |
| 2017 | 29 | #1,092 |
| 2016 | 36 | #939 |
| 2015 | 39 | #871 |
| 2014 | 34 | #948 |
| 2013 | 54 | #685 |
| 2012 | 45 | #790 |
| 2011 | 50 | #710 |
| 2010 | 44 | #761 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,391 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,071 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,458 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
How popular is Maksim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,451among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 55about 1 in 31,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 55 boys in the US were named Maksim, making it the 2,451st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,849th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 204 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
2025 had fewer boys named Maksim than any year since 2005.
Half of all the boys named Maksim in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 76 boys in the US were given Maksim or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,740, up from #2,451 for this spelling alone.
- Maksim 55
- Maxime 21
Maksim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | #2,451 |
| 2024 | 82 | #1,921 |
| 2023 | 76 | #1,998 |
| 2022 | 83 | #1,891 |
| 2021 | 85 | #1,823 |
| 2020 | 80 | #1,849 |
| 2019 | 101 | #1,624 |
| 2018 | 125 | #1,401 |
| 2017 | 139 | #1,300 |
| 2016 | 144 | #1,266 |
| 2015 | 158 | #1,174 |
| 2014 | 131 | #1,329 |
| 2013 | 153 | #1,174 |
| 2012 | 161 | #1,135 |
| 2011 | 204 | #967 |
| 2010 | 178 | #1,082 |
| 2009 | 160 | #1,143 |
| 2008 | 134 | #1,294 |
| 2007 | 107 | #1,488 |
| 2006 | 61 | #2,125 |
| 2005 | 46 | #2,463 |
| 2004 | 44 | #2,485 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,616 |
| 2002 | 28 | #3,184 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
Nicknames for Maksim
- Max 1,240 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Maksim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Ibrahim Muhammad Ayaan Yahya Arham Mustafa Rayyan Zayan Hamza Zayd Ahmed
Other spellings of Maksim
Names related to Maksim
More Latin names
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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, “Maksim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maksim, updated 20 October 2026.