Maksymilian
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mak-si-MIL-yan
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #882 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Maksymilian is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “greatest”. In 2025 it ranked 882nd for boys in the UK (39 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Maksymilian mean?
Latin: Polish form of Maximilian
“greatest”
Polish form of Maximilian; St Maksymilian Kolbe gave his life for another prisoner at Auschwitz in 1941.
Is Maksymilian a girl's or a boy's name?
Maksymilian is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 39 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maksymilian in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 882nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 39 about 1 in 7,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 39 boys in the UK were named Maksymilian, making it the 882nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 465th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 135 boys.
Half of all the boys named Maksymilian in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,007th in England and Wales and 367th in Scotland.
Maksymilian in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #882 |
| 2024 | 53 | #728 |
| 2023 | 32 | #1,028 |
| 2022 | 56 | #691 |
| 2021 | 56 | #707 |
| 2020 | 94 | #465 |
| 2019 | 81 | #533 |
| 2018 | 97 | #471 |
| 2017 | 131 | #388 |
| 2016 | 123 | #405 |
| 2015 | 103 | #444 |
| 2014 | 119 | #393 |
| 2013 | 120 | #386 |
| 2012 | 117 | #401 |
| 2011 | 122 | #381 |
| 2010 | 113 | #397 |
| 2009 | 135 | #334 |
| 2008 | 114 | #368 |
| 2007 | 68 | #530 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,034 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Maksymilian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Maksymilian, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2011, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Maksymilian than any year since 2002.
Half of all the boys named Maksymilian in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maksymilian in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 25 | #3,993 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
Nicknames for Maksymilian
Names like Maksymilian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maximilian, Sebastian, Maximus, Cillian, Mason, Muhammad, Jaxon, Hudson, Marley, Zakariya, Matteo, Cassian
Names related to Maksymilian
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
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, “Maksymilian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maksymilian, updated 20 October 2026.