Maxine
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Maxine is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “greatest”. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 496th for girls in the US (597 babies).
What does Maxine mean?
Latin: 20th-century feminine of Max
“greatest”
Feminine of Max, created in the early 20th century with the French-style ending -ine.
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Is Maxine a girl's or a boy's name?
Maxine is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK and 597 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maxine in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,779among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Maxine, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 67 girls.
Half of all the girls named Maxine in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1964 (#88).
Maxine in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 24 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 33 | #1,107 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,678 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,681 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 19 | #1,548 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,477 |
| 2006 | 22 | #1,272 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 21 | #1,156 |
| 2002 | 25 | #990 |
| 2001 | 27 | #910 |
| 2000 | 26 | #925 |
| 1999 | 22 | #1,035 |
| 1998 | 39 | #695 |
| 1997 | 41 | #683 |
| 1996 | 67 | #477 |
How popular is Maxine in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #496among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 597about 1 in 2,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 72% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 597 girls in the US were named Maxine, making it the 496th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 739th. Its busiest year was 1924, with 3,659 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 11 years. 2025 had more girls named Maxine than any year since 1961.
Half of all the girls named Maxine in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1947, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maxine in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 597 | #496 |
| 2024 | 595 | #518 |
| 2023 | 591 | #514 |
| 2022 | 483 | #615 |
| 2021 | 410 | #703 |
| 2020 | 370 | #739 |
| 2019 | 347 | #797 |
| 2018 | 319 | #850 |
| 2017 | 311 | #880 |
| 2016 | 309 | #901 |
| 2015 | 234 | #1,106 |
| 2014 | 204 | #1,195 |
| 2013 | 238 | #1,042 |
| 2012 | 188 | #1,273 |
| 2011 | 159 | #1,427 |
| 2010 | 161 | #1,420 |
| 2009 | 139 | #1,612 |
| 2008 | 142 | #1,597 |
| 2007 | 138 | #1,613 |
| 2006 | 129 | #1,639 |
| 2005 | 139 | #1,500 |
| 2004 | 150 | #1,386 |
| 2003 | 166 | #1,256 |
| 2002 | 183 | #1,134 |
| 2001 | 206 | #1,039 |
| 2000 | 178 | #1,140 |
| 1999 | 165 | #1,172 |
| 1998 | 187 | #1,049 |
| 1997 | 182 | #1,049 |
| 1996 | 195 | #974 |
| 1995 | 181 | #1,014 |
| 1994 | 206 | #918 |
| 1993 | 200 | #942 |
| 1992 | 196 | #973 |
| 1991 | 200 | #948 |
| 1990 | 173 | #1,034 |
| 1989 | 173 | #992 |
| 1988 | 194 | #899 |
| 1987 | 157 | #997 |
| 1986 | 125 | #1,142 |
| 1985 | 133 | #1,091 |
| 1984 | 119 | #1,144 |
| 1983 | 110 | #1,183 |
| 1982 | 115 | #1,187 |
| 1981 | 121 | #1,134 |
| 1980 | 110 | #1,197 |
| 1979 | 120 | #1,120 |
| 1978 | 143 | #969 |
| 1977 | 120 | #1,079 |
| 1976 | 114 | #1,071 |
| 1975 | 128 | #971 |
| 1974 | 132 | #938 |
| 1973 | 162 | #808 |
| 1972 | 163 | #817 |
| 1971 | 197 | #749 |
| 1970 | 262 | #632 |
| 1969 | 237 | #644 |
| 1968 | 257 | #601 |
| 1967 | 288 | #555 |
| 1966 | 366 | #490 |
| 1965 | 424 | #464 |
| 1964 | 446 | #460 |
| 1963 | 499 | #434 |
| 1962 | 572 | #402 |
| 1961 | 628 | #383 |
| 1960 | 592 | #390 |
| 1959 | 698 | #359 |
| 1958 | 687 | #350 |
| 1957 | 773 | #329 |
| 1956 | 892 | #300 |
| 1955 | 870 | #293 |
| 1954 | 989 | #265 |
| 1953 | 1,172 | #234 |
| 1952 | 1,160 | #230 |
| 1951 | 1,247 | #218 |
| 1950 | 1,254 | #213 |
| 1949 | 1,329 | #204 |
| 1948 | 1,522 | #181 |
| 1947 | 1,584 | #181 |
| 1946 | 1,544 | #172 |
| 1945 | 1,449 | #162 |
| 1944 | 1,603 | #153 |
| 1943 | 1,754 | #153 |
| 1942 | 1,750 | #148 |
| 1941 | 1,750 | #139 |
| 1940 | 1,785 | #137 |
| 1939 | 1,774 | #137 |
| 1938 | 1,824 | #130 |
| 1937 | 1,730 | #136 |
| 1936 | 1,828 | #127 |
| 1935 | 1,926 | #120 |
| 1934 | 2,018 | #114 |
| 1933 | 2,061 | #109 |
| 1932 | 2,223 | #110 |
| 1931 | 2,392 | #101 |
| 1930 | 2,700 | #93 |
| 1929 | 2,994 | #85 |
| 1928 | 3,124 | #84 |
| 1927 | 3,094 | #87 |
| 1926 | 3,150 | #85 |
| 1925 | 3,538 | #79 |
| 1924 | 3,659 | #77 |
| 1923 | 3,603 | #76 |
| 1922 | 3,444 | #82 |
| 1921 | 3,630 | #77 |
| 1920 | 3,507 | #81 |
| 1919 | 3,183 | #85 |
| 1918 | 3,216 | #87 |
| 1917 | 2,647 | #93 |
| 1916 | 2,424 | #96 |
| 1915 | 2,110 | #98 |
| 1914 | 1,396 | #114 |
| 1913 | 1,073 | #119 |
| 1912 | 823 | #134 |
| 1911 | 531 | #152 |
| 1910 | 397 | #171 |
| 1909 | 332 | #179 |
| 1908 | 220 | #228 |
| 1907 | 219 | #222 |
| 1906 | 173 | #247 |
| 1905 | 135 | #285 |
| 1904 | 84 | #358 |
| 1903 | 70 | #380 |
| 1902 | 62 | #395 |
| 1901 | 46 | #435 |
| 1900 | 68 | #402 |
| 1899 | 34 | #507 |
| 1898 | 31 | #581 |
| 1897 | 26 | #594 |
| 1896 | 14 | #872 |
| 1895 | 12 | #932 |
| 1894 | 13 | #850 |
| 1893 | 17 | #713 |
| 1892 | 8 | #1,085 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1890 | 11 | #825 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,036 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 6 | #921 |
| 1884 | 8 | #793 |
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- Max 1,240 boys in the UK in 2025
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