Maximilian
Maximilian is ranked 587th among boys in 2024 (485 births). Its best rank was 429th, in 2013.
- Rank in 2024
- #587down 25 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4850.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 2016717 births
- Best rank
- #429in 2013
- Since 1907
- 18,440people given the name
The story in the numbers
18,440 boys have been named Maximilian in the United States since 1907, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 717 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 445 → 587).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2010s alone account for 35%. It has spent 39 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Maximilian | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 54 | |
| 1920s | 39 | |
| 1930s | 12 | |
| 1940s | 5 | |
| 1950s | 12 | |
| 1960s | 102 | |
| 1970s | 261 | |
| 1980s | 928 | |
| 1990s | 2,761 | |
| 2000s | 5,101 | |
| 2010s | 6,507 | |
| 2020s | 2,653 |
In 2016, its biggest year
Maximilian was the 433rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2016 were Noah, Liam, William, Mason and James. See all of 2016.
Names that rose and fell with Maximilian
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mohamedpeak 2014
- Immanuelpeak 2015
- Abdallahpeak 2018
- Aleksanderpeak 2014
- Edinpeak 2016
- Husseinpeak 2015
- Kainoapeak 2016
- Kainpeak 2016
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.