Maxime
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mak-SEEM
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,771 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Maxime is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “greatest”. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Maxime mean?
Latin: French form of Maximus
“greatest”
French form of Maximus, used for boys in France.
Is Maxime a girl's or a boy's name?
Maxime is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maxime in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,771among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Maxime, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,412th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 30 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Maxime than any year since 2006.
Half of all the boys named Maxime in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 29 boys in the UK were given Maxime or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #973, up from #1,771 for this spelling alone.
- Maxime 15
- Maksim 14
In 1999, 26% of the babies named Maxime in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.
Maxime in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,263 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,571 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,501 |
| 2021 | 23 | #1,265 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,302 |
| 2018 | 25 | #1,173 |
| 2017 | 23 | #1,253 |
| 2016 | 30 | #1,056 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 22 | #1,260 |
| 2013 | 28 | #1,069 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,585 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,254 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,490 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,487 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,445 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,239 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 20 | #913 |
| 2000 | 19 | #917 |
| 1999 | 17 | #959 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,016 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,066 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,146 |
How popular is Maxime in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Maxime, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 40 boys. It first appears in the records in 1920.
2025 had fewer boys named Maxime than any year since 1998.
Half of all the boys named Maxime in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 76 boys in the US were given Maxime or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,740, up from #4,706 for this spelling alone.
- Maksim 55
- Maxime 21
Maxime in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 30 | #3,710 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,915 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,100 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,122 |
| 2016 | 31 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,021 |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,152 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 37 | #3,057 |
| 2011 | 34 | #3,234 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2008 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,382 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 30 | #3,114 |
| 2002 | 38 | #2,552 |
| 2001 | 40 | #2,425 |
| 2000 | 29 | #2,987 |
| 1999 | 34 | #2,556 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
Nicknames for Maxime
- Max 1,240 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Maxime
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Vinnie Mason Jude Remy Rome Cooper Marley Magnus Austin Ezra Roman
Other spellings of Maxime
Names related to Maxime
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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, “Maxime: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maxime, updated 20 October 2026.