Maxi
Boy · MAK-see · Latin
Maxi is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “greatest”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Maxi mean?
Latin: pet form of Maximilian or Maximus, from Latin maximus
“greatest”
Common in German- and Spanish-speaking countries as a pet form of Maximilian and Maximiliano.
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Is Maxi a girl's or a boy's name?
Maxi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maxi in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 25 boys.
Half of all the boys named Maxi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2021, 9% of the babies named Maxi in the UK were girls.
Maxi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 25 | #1,166 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,293 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
How popular is Maxi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Maxi, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2013, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Maxi in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maxi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
Nicknames for Maxi
- Max 1,240 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Maxi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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