Maxen
Boy · MAK-sen · Latin
Maxen is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “greatest”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Maxen mean?
Latin: Max with -en, or a form of Welsh Macsen (Maximus)
“greatest”
In Welsh legend Macsen Wledig is the Roman emperor Magnus Maximus, hero of The Dream of Macsen Wledig.
- Say it
- MAK-sen
Is Maxen a girl's or a boy's name?
Maxen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maxen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 73% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Maxen, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Maxen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 151 boys in the UK were given Maxen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #338, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Maxen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
How popular is Maxen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Maxen, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 59 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Maxen in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 162 boys in the US were given Maxen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,119, up from #4,856 for this spelling alone.
Maxen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 44 | #2,807 |
| 2018 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2017 | 42 | #2,839 |
| 2016 | 59 | #2,255 |
| 2015 | 51 | #2,456 |
| 2014 | 48 | #2,540 |
| 2013 | 32 | #3,337 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
Nicknames for Maxen
- Max 1,240 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Maxen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Maxen
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