Maxim
Boy · MAK-sim · Latin
Maxim is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “greatest”. In 2025 it ranked 617th for boys in the UK (68 babies) and 1,520th for boys in the US (114 babies).
What does Maxim mean?
Latin: Russian form of Maximus
“greatest”
Russian form of Maximus; in English a maxim is also a short, wise saying.
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Is Maxim a girl's or a boy's name?
Maxim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 68 boys in the UK and 114 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maxim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #617among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 68about 1 in 4,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 68 boys in the UK were named Maxim, making it the 617th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 547th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 103 boys.
Half of all the boys named Maxim in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 593rd in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Maxim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68 | #617 |
| 2024 | 50 | #757 |
| 2023 | 58 | #673 |
| 2022 | 61 | #655 |
| 2021 | 81 | #539 |
| 2020 | 77 | #547 |
| 2019 | 73 | #571 |
| 2018 | 89 | #499 |
| 2017 | 89 | #507 |
| 2016 | 84 | #530 |
| 2015 | 103 | #444 |
| 2014 | 67 | #596 |
| 2013 | 67 | #591 |
| 2012 | 77 | #539 |
| 2011 | 96 | #444 |
| 2010 | 89 | #463 |
| 2009 | 82 | #489 |
| 2008 | 65 | #570 |
| 2007 | 67 | #535 |
| 2006 | 57 | #573 |
| 2005 | 48 | #613 |
| 2004 | 51 | #558 |
| 2003 | 43 | #593 |
| 2002 | 40 | #575 |
| 2001 | 54 | #447 |
| 2000 | 45 | #501 |
| 1999 | 47 | #497 |
| 1998 | 56 | #432 |
| 1997 | 75 | #361 |
| 1996 | 36 | #529 |
How popular is Maxim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,520among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 114about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 114 boys in the US were named Maxim, making it the 1,520th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,111th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 346 boys. It first appears in the records in 1923.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Maxim than any year since 1999.
Half of all the boys named Maxim in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maxim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 114 | #1,520 |
| 2024 | 125 | #1,448 |
| 2023 | 142 | #1,337 |
| 2022 | 174 | #1,171 |
| 2021 | 197 | #1,076 |
| 2020 | 177 | #1,111 |
| 2019 | 216 | #984 |
| 2018 | 240 | #902 |
| 2017 | 249 | #871 |
| 2016 | 265 | #847 |
| 2015 | 301 | #780 |
| 2014 | 335 | #720 |
| 2013 | 319 | #731 |
| 2012 | 346 | #683 |
| 2011 | 313 | #726 |
| 2010 | 314 | #729 |
| 2009 | 319 | #731 |
| 2008 | 334 | #703 |
| 2007 | 273 | #789 |
| 2006 | 236 | #851 |
| 2005 | 177 | #979 |
| 2004 | 194 | #894 |
| 2003 | 204 | #848 |
| 2002 | 168 | #953 |
| 2001 | 167 | #925 |
| 2000 | 158 | #960 |
| 1999 | 109 | #1,179 |
| 1998 | 94 | #1,277 |
| 1997 | 82 | #1,347 |
| 1996 | 64 | #1,549 |
| 1995 | 46 | #1,859 |
| 1994 | 50 | #1,748 |
| 1993 | 47 | #1,787 |
| 1992 | 41 | #1,950 |
| 1991 | 30 | #2,338 |
| 1990 | 35 | #2,081 |
| 1989 | 29 | #2,286 |
| 1988 | 31 | #2,030 |
| 1987 | 35 | #1,826 |
| 1986 | 25 | #2,224 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
Nicknames for Maxim
- Max 1,240 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Maxim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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