first name
MAXINE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 43,204 people named Maxine, 60.5% reported their origin as White, 26.7% as Black and 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Maxine peaked in 1924, when 3,672 babies got the name.
At least 115,989 babies have been given the name since 1884. 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.
Maxine by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #142. The largest share of babies named Maxine, 40.4%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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 Maxine is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Maxine has been most common in South Dakota (3.3×), Nebraska (3.3×), and Iowa (3.3×), and least common in Nevada (0.11×).
109,895 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.
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4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Maxine, most common first.
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