How rare is the name Maximillian?

4,552 people in the United States have the first name Maximillian, about 1 in 66,351. It ranks #4,196 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MAXIMILLIAN

#4,196

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,552
About
1 in 66,351
This common or more
83.7%
Who bears it

Of the 4,552 people named Maximillian, 60% reported their origin as White, 21.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.1% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Maximillian peaked in 1999, when 250 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
1999
Births that year
250
In 2025*
86 ▼66%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,968 babies have been given the name since 1914. 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.

Maximillian by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #2,007. The largest share of babies named Maximillian, 52.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#7,11431
1920s#10,82316
1930s#11,9535
1950s#14,0166
1960s#7,82269
1970s#4,944228
1980s#3,430500
1990s#2,0071,576
2000s#2,0492,007
2010s#3,2771,129
2020s#4,618401
Greatest Generation 1901–270.7%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–640.4%
Generation X 1965–805.4%
Millennials 1981–9623.3%
Generation Z 1997–1252.2%
2013 and later17.9%

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 Maximillian is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Maximillian has been most common in California (3×), New York (2.1×), and Florida (2×), and least common in Georgia (0.28×).

3,739 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 Maximillian

#4,194 Lona · 4,554#4,194 Marielle · 4,554#4,197 Katya · 4,550#4,198 Leora · 4,545

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,975 Maximiliano · 14,029#2,071 Maximilian · 13,129#16,680 Maximilliano · 672#20,672 Maximillion · 498#27,293 Maximilien · 336#28,553 Maxamillion · 314#38,294 Maxmillian · 201#39,915 Maximiliana · 188

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