How rare is the name Maximus?

23,038 people in the United States have the first name Maximus, about 1 in 13,110. It ranks #1,464 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MAXIMUS

#1,464

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
23,038
About
1 in 13,110
This common or more
74.9%
Who bears it

Of the 23,038 people named Maximus, 53.5% reported their origin as White, 30% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.8% 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.

Maximus peaked in 2014, when 2,137 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19972025
Peak year
2014
Births that year
2,137
In 2025*
1,249 ▼42%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 34,679 babies have been given the name since 1997. 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.

Maximus by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #384. The largest share of babies named Maximus, 60.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1990s#22,33634
2000s#7168,618
2010s#38418,694
2020s#5417,333
Generation Z 1997–1239.3%
2013 and later60.7%

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 Maximus is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Maximus has been most common in Nevada (3.7×), Arizona (2.6×), and Alaska (2.4×), and least common in Mississippi (0.22×).

33,970 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 Maximus

#1,462 Arielle · 23,086#1,463 Liz · 23,084#1,465 Petra · 22,965#1,466 Kailey · 22,962

Spelled almost the same

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

#21,445 Maximos · 473

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