Maximo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAK-see-moh
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #580 for boys
Maximo is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “greatest”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 580th for boys in the US (506 babies).
What does Maximo mean?
Latin: Spanish and Portuguese form of Maximus
“greatest”
Spanish and Portuguese form of Maximus, Latin for greatest.
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Is Maximo a girl's or a boy's name?
Maximo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 506 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maximo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,087th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Maximo, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,829th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Maximo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Maximo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 13 | #1,829 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,654 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
How popular is Maximo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 580th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 506 about 1 in 3,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 506 boys in the US were named Maximo, making it the 580th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 754th. It first appears in the records in 1903.
2025 had the most boys named Maximo of any year since it first appeared, in 1903.
Half of all the boys named Maximo in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maximo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 506 | #580 |
| 2024 | 485 | #590 |
| 2023 | 498 | #578 |
| 2022 | 414 | #661 |
| 2021 | 351 | #732 |
| 2020 | 321 | #754 |
| 2019 | 326 | #739 |
| 2018 | 282 | #801 |
| 2017 | 245 | #876 |
| 2016 | 320 | #760 |
| 2015 | 263 | #853 |
| 2014 | 232 | #921 |
| 2013 | 254 | #841 |
| 2012 | 223 | #922 |
| 2011 | 273 | #804 |
| 2010 | 258 | #829 |
| 2009 | 287 | #788 |
| 2008 | 287 | #773 |
| 2007 | 214 | #925 |
| 2006 | 206 | #919 |
| 2005 | 193 | #914 |
| 2004 | 193 | #896 |
| 2003 | 140 | #1,097 |
| 2002 | 172 | #929 |
| 2001 | 111 | #1,206 |
| 2000 | 77 | #1,548 |
| 1999 | 71 | #1,557 |
| 1998 | 58 | #1,738 |
| 1997 | 45 | #1,988 |
| 1996 | 51 | #1,781 |
| 1995 | 47 | #1,836 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,077 |
| 1993 | 59 | #1,534 |
| 1992 | 50 | #1,692 |
| 1991 | 53 | #1,583 |
| 1990 | 47 | #1,697 |
| 1989 | 48 | #1,636 |
| 1988 | 41 | #1,701 |
| 1987 | 39 | #1,707 |
| 1986 | 29 | #2,005 |
| 1985 | 36 | #1,697 |
| 1984 | 26 | #2,035 |
| 1983 | 41 | #1,489 |
| 1982 | 30 | #1,849 |
| 1981 | 36 | #1,628 |
| 1980 | 40 | #1,524 |
| 1979 | 26 | #1,991 |
| 1978 | 33 | #1,652 |
| 1977 | 32 | #1,670 |
| 1976 | 37 | #1,469 |
| 1975 | 36 | #1,478 |
| 1974 | 39 | #1,370 |
| 1973 | 21 | #1,981 |
| 1972 | 30 | #1,566 |
| 1971 | 44 | #1,254 |
| 1970 | 25 | #1,742 |
| 1969 | 22 | #1,766 |
| 1968 | 35 | #1,282 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,651 |
| 1966 | 19 | #1,756 |
| 1965 | 21 | #1,719 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,728 |
| 1963 | 20 | #1,791 |
| 1962 | 24 | #1,624 |
| 1961 | 18 | #1,947 |
| 1960 | 22 | #1,727 |
| 1959 | 18 | #1,915 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,014 |
| 1955 | 17 | #1,901 |
| 1954 | 27 | #1,465 |
| 1953 | 17 | #1,899 |
| 1952 | 18 | #1,803 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,245 |
| 1950 | 21 | #1,614 |
| 1949 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,459 |
| 1947 | 16 | #1,915 |
| 1946 | 14 | #1,948 |
| 1945 | 17 | #1,632 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,482 |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,041 |
| 1941 | 16 | #1,759 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,088 |
| 1936 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,396 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,266 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,644 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1930 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 1929 | 16 | #1,933 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,748 |
| 1926 | 17 | #1,911 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,678 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,229 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,223 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1921 | 17 | #1,979 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,051 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 16 | #1,997 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,457 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
Nicknames for Maximo
- Max 1,240 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Maximo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lorenzo, Matteo, Enzo, Romeo, Arlo, Milo, Leonardo, Marco, Nico, Roman, Mason, Hugo
Names related to Maximo
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
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, “Maximo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maximo, updated 20 October 2026.