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Baby name
Maxwell
Boy
Origin of the name
Maxwell comes from a Scottish place name, “Mack's well,” which became a surname.
Classic name
108,732births since 1880
2010sgeneration
No. 107rank at its peak, in 2014
Where babies named Maxwell are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Maxwell is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Maxwell is most common in Utah (2.3 times), Minnesota (2.2) and New Hampshire (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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