How rare is the name Maksim?

4,168 people in the United States have the first name Maksim, about 1 in 72,464. It ranks #4,466 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MAKSIM

#4,466

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,168
About
1 in 72,464
This common or more
84.1%
Who bears it

Of the 4,168 people named Maksim, 91.2% reported their origin as White, 4% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.9% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Maksim peaked in 2011, when 204 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19932025
Peak year
2011
Births that year
204
In 2025*
55 ▼73%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,678 babies have been given the name since 1993. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Maksim by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #2,690. The largest share of babies named Maksim, 52.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1990s#17,19161
2000s#4,455662
2010s#2,6901,494
2020s#4,228461
Millennials 1981–961%
Generation Z 1997–1246.3%
2013 and later52.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Maksim is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Maksim has been most common in Washington (6.1×), Florida (2.6×), and Illinois (2.3×), and least common in Texas (0.48×).

1,653 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Maksim

1 other first name also has 4,168 people.

#4,466 Kamilah · 4,168

Either side of Maksim

#4,464 Sneha · 4,172#4,466 Kamilah · 4,168#4,468 Jesenia · 4,166#4,469 Tuyen · 4,163

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Maksim, most common first.

#8,859 Maksym · 1,608

Also a last name

As a last name, Maksim ranks #118,445 of 156,621, with 155 people. See Maksim as a last name

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