Max
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Max is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “greatest”. In 2025 it ranked 46th for boys in the UK (1,240 babies) and 180th for boys in the US (2,025 babies).
What does Max mean?
Latin: short form of Maximilian or Maxwell
“greatest”
Short form of Maximilian, Maxwell and similar names, now widely used on its own.
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Is Max a girl's or a boy's name?
Max is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 1,240 boys in the UK and 41 girls and 2,025 boys in the US.
How popular is Max in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #46among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,240about 1 in 240 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 5.6%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,240 boys in the UK were named Max, making it the 46th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 29th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 3,611 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the fewest boys named Max since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Max in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 48th in England and Wales, 25th in Scotland and 64th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1994 (#72), 2004 (#34), 2014 (#26) and 2024 (#44).
Max in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,240 | #46 |
| 2024 | 1,329 | #42 |
| 2023 | 1,478 | #39 |
| 2022 | 1,674 | #34 |
| 2021 | 1,898 | #31 |
| 2020 | 1,823 | #29 |
| 2019 | 2,137 | #26 |
| 2018 | 2,158 | #28 |
| 2017 | 2,437 | #27 |
| 2016 | 2,708 | #24 |
| 2015 | 2,749 | #27 |
| 2014 | 2,966 | #25 |
| 2013 | 3,177 | #25 |
| 2012 | 3,611 | #17 |
| 2011 | 3,397 | #18 |
| 2010 | 2,984 | #26 |
| 2009 | 3,065 | #25 |
| 2008 | 2,976 | #26 |
| 2007 | 2,304 | #32 |
| 2006 | 2,443 | #30 |
| 2005 | 2,468 | #35 |
| 2004 | 2,397 | #36 |
| 2003 | 2,291 | #37 |
| 2002 | 2,176 | #37 |
| 2001 | 2,086 | #37 |
| 2000 | 1,883 | #44 |
| 1999 | 1,505 | #53 |
| 1998 | 1,489 | #56 |
| 1997 | 1,303 | #61 |
| 1996 | 1,249 | #62 |
How popular is Max in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #180among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 2,025about 1 in 840 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.6%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 2,025 boys in the US were named Max, making it the 180th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 147th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 3,958 boys. 41 girls were also named Max in 2025 (3,644th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Max than any year since 1997.
Half of all the boys named Max in the US since 1880 were born between 1941 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Max in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,025 | #180 |
| 2024 | 2,126 | #175 |
| 2023 | 2,205 | #163 |
| 2022 | 2,389 | #157 |
| 2021 | 2,410 | #160 |
| 2020 | 2,486 | #147 |
| 2019 | 2,755 | #137 |
| 2018 | 2,878 | #136 |
| 2017 | 3,145 | #128 |
| 2016 | 3,423 | #118 |
| 2015 | 3,422 | #117 |
| 2014 | 3,497 | #112 |
| 2013 | 3,520 | #111 |
| 2012 | 3,697 | #105 |
| 2011 | 3,956 | #96 |
| 2010 | 3,848 | #98 |
| 2009 | 3,958 | #104 |
| 2008 | 3,372 | #126 |
| 2007 | 2,882 | #141 |
| 2006 | 2,643 | #160 |
| 2005 | 2,494 | #165 |
| 2004 | 2,481 | #164 |
| 2003 | 2,460 | #162 |
| 2002 | 2,319 | #166 |
| 2001 | 2,404 | #159 |
| 2000 | 2,355 | #164 |
| 1999 | 2,297 | #161 |
| 1998 | 2,158 | #159 |
| 1997 | 1,698 | #194 |
| 1996 | 1,489 | #208 |
| 1995 | 1,565 | #195 |
| 1994 | 1,624 | #191 |
| 1993 | 1,888 | #169 |
| 1992 | 1,877 | #170 |
| 1991 | 1,829 | #175 |
| 1990 | 1,791 | #171 |
| 1989 | 1,606 | #185 |
| 1988 | 1,386 | #197 |
| 1987 | 1,452 | #188 |
| 1986 | 923 | #243 |
| 1985 | 762 | #274 |
| 1984 | 632 | #308 |
| 1983 | 531 | #342 |
| 1982 | 462 | #375 |
| 1981 | 501 | #351 |
| 1980 | 486 | #362 |
| 1979 | 457 | #375 |
| 1978 | 414 | #382 |
| 1977 | 403 | #392 |
| 1976 | 410 | #381 |
| 1975 | 415 | #381 |
| 1974 | 413 | #381 |
| 1973 | 434 | #368 |
| 1972 | 390 | #396 |
| 1971 | 409 | #402 |
| 1970 | 486 | #368 |
| 1969 | 375 | #410 |
| 1968 | 414 | #382 |
| 1967 | 395 | #377 |
| 1966 | 448 | #355 |
| 1965 | 422 | #376 |
| 1964 | 525 | #343 |
| 1963 | 549 | #335 |
| 1962 | 573 | #328 |
| 1961 | 653 | #304 |
| 1960 | 669 | #297 |
| 1959 | 691 | #299 |
| 1958 | 736 | #283 |
| 1957 | 740 | #279 |
| 1956 | 748 | #265 |
| 1955 | 724 | #255 |
| 1954 | 743 | #259 |
| 1953 | 725 | #257 |
| 1952 | 763 | #244 |
| 1951 | 805 | #238 |
| 1950 | 755 | #240 |
| 1949 | 761 | #234 |
| 1948 | 743 | #236 |
| 1947 | 869 | #218 |
| 1946 | 841 | #204 |
| 1945 | 803 | #189 |
| 1944 | 780 | #194 |
| 1943 | 875 | #186 |
| 1942 | 971 | #170 |
| 1941 | 931 | #169 |
| 1940 | 952 | #165 |
| 1939 | 979 | #162 |
| 1938 | 1,164 | #140 |
| 1937 | 1,106 | #141 |
| 1936 | 1,248 | #129 |
| 1935 | 1,283 | #128 |
| 1934 | 1,335 | #126 |
| 1933 | 1,124 | #140 |
| 1932 | 1,154 | #143 |
| 1931 | 1,183 | #140 |
| 1930 | 1,181 | #143 |
| 1929 | 1,336 | #128 |
| 1928 | 1,405 | #125 |
| 1927 | 1,227 | #142 |
| 1926 | 1,254 | #137 |
| 1925 | 1,385 | #128 |
| 1924 | 1,397 | #126 |
| 1923 | 1,440 | #122 |
| 1922 | 1,518 | #117 |
| 1921 | 1,558 | #112 |
| 1920 | 1,561 | #112 |
| 1919 | 1,458 | #110 |
| 1918 | 1,536 | #106 |
| 1917 | 1,511 | #104 |
| 1916 | 1,493 | #105 |
| 1915 | 1,434 | #102 |
| 1914 | 1,159 | #99 |
| 1913 | 897 | #101 |
| 1912 | 734 | #101 |
| 1911 | 360 | #106 |
| 1910 | 277 | #114 |
| 1909 | 228 | #122 |
| 1908 | 218 | #119 |
| 1907 | 197 | #122 |
| 1906 | 156 | #132 |
| 1905 | 140 | #149 |
| 1904 | 134 | #145 |
| 1903 | 110 | #159 |
| 1902 | 133 | #142 |
| 1901 | 110 | #146 |
| 1900 | 141 | #149 |
| 1899 | 127 | #125 |
| 1898 | 132 | #136 |
| 1897 | 122 | #133 |
| 1896 | 145 | #120 |
| 1895 | 95 | #165 |
| 1894 | 99 | #155 |
| 1893 | 107 | #139 |
| 1892 | 95 | #166 |
| 1891 | 91 | #145 |
| 1890 | 99 | #143 |
| 1889 | 83 | #160 |
| 1888 | 118 | #132 |
| 1887 | 73 | #174 |
| 1886 | 73 | #182 |
| 1885 | 71 | #183 |
| 1884 | 80 | #176 |
| 1883 | 75 | #163 |
| 1882 | 74 | #182 |
| 1881 | 66 | #175 |
| 1880 | 52 | #225 |
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