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Maximilian

Gender
Boy
Say it
mak-si-MIL-ee-an
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#215 for boys
US rank, 2025
#590 for boys

Maximilian is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “greatest”. In 2025 it ranked 215th for boys in the UK (257 babies) and 590th for boys in the US (497 babies).

What does Maximilian mean?

Latin: from Maximilianus, from Maximus

“greatest”

Borne by Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, whose fame spread the name through German-speaking lands.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Maximilian a girl's or a boy's name?

Maximilian is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 257 boys in the UK and 497 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Maximilian in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#215among boys
Babies in 2025
257about 1 in 1,200 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 24% in five years
Same name in a class
1.2%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 257 boys in the UK were named Maximilian, making it the 215th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 186th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 410 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Maximilian than any year since 2008.

Half of all the boys named Maximilian 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.

In 2025, 280 boys in the UK were given Maximilian or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #210, up from #215 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 206th in England and Wales and 298th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 410 in 20162025
Maximilian in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025257#215
2024263#212
2023291#195
2022290#199
2021336#178
2020309#186
2019359#170
2018394#160
2017372#167
2016410#166
2015383#172
2014365#175
2013329#197
2012376#176
2011343#184
2010341#180
2009300#198
2008252#210
2007234#221
2006243#199
2005224#205
2004199#208
2003202#201
2002227#181
2001198#189
2000241#168
1999206#182
1998189#195
1997167#219
1996159#220

How popular is Maximilian in the US?

Rank in 2025
#590among boys
Babies in 2025
497about 1 in 3,400 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 18% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 497 boys in the US were named Maximilian, making it the 590th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 493rd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 717 boys. It first appears in the records in 1907.

Half of all the boys named Maximilian in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 604 boys in the US were given Maximilian or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #501, up from #590 for this spelling alone.

1907Busiest: 717 in 20162025
Maximilian in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025497#590
2024487#586
2023518#561
2022523#566
2021533#548
2020595#493
2019571#500
2018672#448
2017652#464
2016717#432
2015698#438
2014668#446
2013676#429
2012590#460
2011632#431
2010632#435
2009574#476
2008593#465
2007512#514
2006498#518
2005498#497
2004474#514
2003486#502
2002481#481
2001493#477
2000492#478
1999435#499
1998402#518
1997331#567
1996285#613
1995280#613
1994253#653
1993206#722
1992206#717
1991193#727
1990170#773
1989180#734
1988146#779
1987166#709
1986116#840
198582#1,006
198460#1,173
198360#1,166
198241#1,513
198138#1,576
198039#1,547
197931#1,788
197832#1,688
197735#1,571
197632#1,645
197528#1,752
197419#2,197
197326#1,736
197213#2,658
197118#2,202
197026#1,698
196918#1,976
196822#1,694
196714#2,138
196612#2,326
19656#3,535
19649#2,853
19638#3,043
19628#3,039
19610–
19605#4,036
19595#3,986
19587#3,273
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19425#3,559
19410–
19400–
19396#3,112
19380–
19370–
19360–
19356#3,252
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19290–
19280–
19270–
19266#3,706
19250–
19247#3,504
19230–
19229#3,013
19217#3,516
192010#2,764
19196#3,735
19189#2,881
191711#2,422
19169#2,729
19157#3,081
191412#1,867
19130–
19120–
19110–
19100–
19090–
19080–
19075#1,344

Nicknames for Maximilian

Names like Maximilian

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Sebastian Mason Austin Grayson Jaxon Marley Roman Tobias Remy Matteo Hunter Jonah

Other spellings of Maximilian

Maximillian Maximilien Maximillion

Names related to Maximilian

Maximiliano Maxymilian Maxmilian Maxamillian Maximilliano Maxemiliano Maxmillian

More Latin names

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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, “Maximilian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maximilian, updated 20 October 2026.