Maxence
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mak-SAHNS
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Maxence is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “greatest”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Maxence mean?
Latin: French form of Maxentius, from maximus 'greatest'
“greatest”
Maxentius was the Roman emperor defeated by Constantine at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in 312.
Is Maxence a girl's or a boy's name?
Maxence is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maxence in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Maxence, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Maxence in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Maxence in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
Nicknames for Maxence
- Max 1,240 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Maxence
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Leo, Vinnie, Jesse, Ollie, Roman, Vincent, Freddie, Jude, Felix, Archie, Theodore, Rome
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Maxence: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maxence, updated 20 October 2026.