first name
MAXWELL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 83,285 people named Maxwell, 77% reported their origin as White, 7% as two or more races and 6.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Maxwell peaked in 2014, when 3,773 babies got the name.
At least 109,467 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Maxwell by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #212. The largest share of babies named Maxwell, 43.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Maxwell is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Maxwell has been most common in Utah (2.3×), Minnesota (2.1×), and New Hampshire (2.1×), and least common in Mississippi (0.23×).
104,080 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 Maxwell
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Maxwell, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Maxwell ranks #497 of 156,621, with 65,829 people. See Maxwell as a last name
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