How rare is the name Maximilian?

13,129 people in the United States have the first name Maximilian, about 1 in 23,005. It ranks #2,071 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MAXIMILIAN

#2,071

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,129
About
1 in 23,005
This common or more
78.4%
Who bears it

Of the 13,129 people named Maximilian, 66.7% reported their origin as White, 19.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.1% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Maximilian peaked in 2016, when 717 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19072025
Peak year
2016
Births that year
717
In 2025*
497 ▼31%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 18,940 babies have been given the name since 1907. 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.

Maximilian by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #947. The largest share of babies named Maximilian, 42.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1900s#4,9315
1910s#5,64054
1920s#8,29739
1930s#9,91512
1940s#12,5745
1950s#12,23212
1960s#6,402102
1970s#4,538260
1980s#2,278928
1990s#1,3812,761
2000s#1,0725,101
2010s#9476,508
2020s#1,1233,153
Greatest Generation 1901–270.5%
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–802%
Millennials 1981–9613.1%
Generation Z 1997–1242.9%
2013 and later41.2%

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 Maximilian is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Maximilian has been most common in Nevada (2×), California (2×), and Arizona (1.8×), and least common in Kentucky (0.18×).

16,651 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 Maximilian

#2,069 Aniya · 13,135#2,070 Louisa · 13,130#2,072 Jing · 13,124#2,073 Madisyn · 13,120

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,975 Maximiliano · 14,029#4,196 Maximillian · 4,552#16,680 Maximilliano · 672#20,672 Maximillion · 498#27,293 Maximilien · 336#38,294 Maxmillian · 201#39,915 Maximiliana · 188#42,480 Maxamillian · 169

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