Maksym
Boy · mak-SIM · Latin
Maksym is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “greatest”. In 2025 it ranked 1,537th for boys in the UK (18 babies) and 3,582nd for boys in the US (31 babies).
What does Maksym mean?
Latin: Ukrainian and Polish form of Maximus
“greatest”
Ukrainian form of Maximus, a Roman name from Latin maximus, 'greatest'.
- Say it
- mak-SIM
Is Maksym a girl's or a boy's name?
Maksym is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the UK and 31 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maksym in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,537among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 78% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were named Maksym, making it the 1,537th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Maksym of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Maksym in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,465th in England and Wales.
Maksym in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,537 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
How popular is Maksym in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,582among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 55,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the US were named Maksym, making it the 3,582nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2014, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Maksym in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maksym in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #3,582 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 35 | #3,345 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 31 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 39 | #2,927 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 33 | #3,305 |
| 2010 | 34 | #3,238 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
Nicknames for Maksym
- Max 1,240 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Maksym
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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