How rare is the name Maxim?

7,803 people in the United States have the first name Maxim, about 1 in 38,707. It ranks #2,918 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MAXIM

#2,918

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,803
About
1 in 38,707
This common or more
81.2%
Who bears it

Of the 7,803 people named Maxim, 85.3% reported their origin as White, 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.5% as two or more races. 98.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Maxim peaked in 2012, when 346 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19232025
Peak year
2012
Births that year
346
In 2025*
114 ▼67%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,998 babies have been given the name since 1923. 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.

Maxim by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,713. The largest share of babies named Maxim, 49.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1920s#11,27613
1930s#10,55210
1940s#7,59039
1950s#10,13425
1960s#10,60832
1970s#13,78136
1980s#6,758182
1990s#3,799598
2000s#1,9082,230
2010s#1,7132,904
2020s#2,654929
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Silent Generation 1928–450.6%
Baby boom 1946–640.8%
Generation X 1965–800.7%
Millennials 1981–967%
Generation Z 1997–1249.9%
2013 and later40.8%

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 Maxim is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Maxim has been most common in Washington (5×), Florida (2.7×), and Oregon (2.7×), and least common in North Carolina (0.38×).

5,199 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.

Either side of Maxim

#2,916 Garth · 7,806#2,917 Deacon · 7,805#2,919 Linnea · 7,792#2,920 Iman · 7,791

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Maxim, most common first.

#2,389 Maximo · 10,476#7,462 Maxime · 2,046#9,884 Maxima · 1,377#36,633 Maxin · 216

Also a last name

As a last name, Maxim ranks #17,821 of 156,621, with 1,546 people. See Maxim as a last name

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