Maxximus
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAK-sih-mus
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Maxximus is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “greatest”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Maxximus mean?
Latin: spelling of Maximus
“greatest”
A Roman name borne by several emperors and familiar from the hero of the film Gladiator (2000).
Is Maxximus a girl's or a boy's name?
Maxximus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maxximus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Maxximus, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 34 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had fewer boys named Maxximus than any year since 2005.
Half of all the boys named Maxximus in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maxximus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 34 | #3,292 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 33 | #3,307 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
Nicknames for Maxximus
- Max 1,240 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Maxximus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maximus, Atticus, Magnus, Thiago, Marcellus, Ares, Mathias, Memphis, Augustus, Marcelo, Mateo, Messiah
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from 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, “Maxximus: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maxximus, updated 20 October 2026.