Baby name

Maxim

Boy

Origin of the name

Maxim comes from the Latin maximus, “the greatest.”

Short-lived name

Maxim peaked in 2012, when 1 baby in 10,571 was given the name. Since then, the name has fallen 57%, to about 150 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 1520. 41% of all babies named Maxim since 1880 were born in the 2010s.

6,992births since 1880

2010sgeneration

No. 683rank at its peak, in 2012

Where babies named Maxim are born

2012

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The darker the blue, the more common Maxim is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Maxim is most common in Washington (4.1 times), New York (2.7) and Massachusetts (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Maximo 9,223
Maxie 4,647
Maxime 1,098

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