Maximos
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAK-see-mos
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,372 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Maximos is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “greatest”. In 2025 it ranked 1,372nd for boys in the UK (21 babies) and 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Maximos mean?
Latin: Greek form of Maximus
“greatest”
Greek form of Maximus; St Maximos the Confessor was a 7th-century Byzantine theologian.
Is Maximos a girl's or a boy's name?
Maximos is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the UK and 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maximos in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,372nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 74% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the UK were named Maximos, making it the 1,372nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,829th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 22 boys.
Half of all the boys named Maximos in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 258 boys in the UK were given Maximos or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #222, up from #1,372 for this spelling alone.
- Maximus 237
- Maximos 21
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,306th in England and Wales.
Maximos in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,372 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,585 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,643 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,639 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,298 |
| 2020 | 13 | #1,829 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
How popular is Maximos in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,606th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Maximos, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 58 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Maximos in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,265 boys in the US were given Maximos or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #284, up from #5,606 for this spelling alone.
- Maximus 1,249
- Maximos 16
Maximos in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 34 | #3,238 |
| 2009 | 29 | #3,637 |
| 2008 | 31 | #3,483 |
| 2007 | 38 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 38 | #2,931 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 34 | #2,843 |
| 2002 | 58 | #1,912 |
| 2001 | 46 | #2,213 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
Nicknames for Maximos
- Max 1,240 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Maximos
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca, Magnus, Romeo, Matteo, Ezra, Elias, Cooper, Milo, Tobias, Lorenzo, Atticus, Marco
Other spellings of Maximos
Names related to Maximos
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
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, “Maximos: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maximos, updated 20 October 2026.