Maxie
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- MAK-see
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Maxie is a name of Latin origin, meaning “greatest”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Maxie mean?
Latin: pet form of Maxine or Max
“greatest”
Pet form of Maxine, a feminine name built on Max, from Latin maximus, 'greatest'.
Is Maxie a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Maxie has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 3 boys in the UK and 16 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Maxie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Maxie, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2011, with 5 boys. 3 girls were also named Maxie in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Maxie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
How popular is Maxie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 172% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Maxie, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1917, with 96 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884. 7 boys were also named Maxie in 2025 (9,710th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Maxie in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1944, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1988, 69% of the babies named Maxie in the US were girls.
Maxie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,245 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,921 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,792 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,511 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,516 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,231 |
| 1957 | 20 | #2,562 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,928 |
| 1955 | 21 | #2,410 |
| 1954 | 22 | #2,294 |
| 1953 | 25 | #2,070 |
| 1952 | 21 | #2,265 |
| 1951 | 31 | #1,739 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,719 |
| 1949 | 27 | #1,844 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,472 |
| 1947 | 35 | #1,601 |
| 1946 | 41 | #1,359 |
| 1945 | 46 | #1,154 |
| 1944 | 59 | #1,016 |
| 1943 | 46 | #1,196 |
| 1942 | 46 | #1,162 |
| 1941 | 58 | #961 |
| 1940 | 53 | #979 |
| 1939 | 62 | #891 |
| 1938 | 75 | #811 |
| 1937 | 60 | #891 |
| 1936 | 63 | #853 |
| 1935 | 90 | #709 |
| 1934 | 64 | #855 |
| 1933 | 74 | #764 |
| 1932 | 87 | #721 |
| 1931 | 71 | #806 |
| 1930 | 86 | #755 |
| 1929 | 85 | #760 |
| 1928 | 78 | #816 |
| 1927 | 84 | #792 |
| 1926 | 87 | #774 |
| 1925 | 82 | #819 |
| 1924 | 88 | #792 |
| 1923 | 87 | #782 |
| 1922 | 92 | #763 |
| 1921 | 87 | #784 |
| 1920 | 86 | #780 |
| 1919 | 83 | #771 |
| 1918 | 91 | #747 |
| 1917 | 96 | #703 |
| 1916 | 84 | #737 |
| 1915 | 90 | #700 |
| 1914 | 64 | #720 |
| 1913 | 57 | #689 |
| 1912 | 42 | #770 |
| 1911 | 41 | #676 |
| 1910 | 42 | #658 |
| 1909 | 37 | #644 |
| 1908 | 46 | #546 |
| 1907 | 33 | #649 |
| 1906 | 36 | #595 |
| 1905 | 31 | #632 |
| 1904 | 23 | #727 |
| 1903 | 23 | #695 |
| 1902 | 20 | #773 |
| 1901 | 15 | #857 |
| 1900 | 32 | #624 |
| 1899 | 27 | #593 |
| 1898 | 18 | #790 |
| 1897 | 16 | #786 |
| 1896 | 18 | #754 |
| 1895 | 13 | #893 |
| 1894 | 12 | #905 |
| 1893 | 15 | #767 |
| 1892 | 10 | #958 |
| 1891 | 11 | #839 |
| 1890 | 18 | #617 |
| 1889 | 14 | #687 |
| 1888 | 9 | #894 |
| 1887 | 9 | #788 |
| 1886 | 7 | #897 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 9 | #731 |
Nicknames for Maxie
- Max 1,240 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Maxie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Maxie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maxie, updated 20 October 2026.