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Max

Gender

Male

Origin

Latin
Greatest
Greatest; a nickname for names such as Maximilian and Maxwell, but also an independent name

Syllables

1

Themes

  • Exotic
  • Word

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Max

Pronunciation

max

Famous People

Hockey Hall of Famer Max Bentley, Painter Max Beckmann, Nobel Prize winner Max Born, Actor Max Greenfield

Celebrity Babies

Son of Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, Son of Christina Aguilera, Son of Charlie Sheen, Son of Dustin Hoffman, Son of Cynthia Nixon

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2009 (rank #104, 3,954 births); most recent 2025 (rank #180, 2,025 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #2438, 73 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3645, 41 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20252,02541
20242,12045
20232,20173
20222,38852
20212,41053
20202,48471
20192,75228
20182,87756
20173,14542
20163,42354

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2012 (rank #18, 3,220 births); most recent 2025 (rank #48, 1,061 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #3147, 7 births); most recent 2023 (rank #5685, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
20251,061–
20241,140–
20231,2743
20221,4597
20211,6503
20201,585–
20191,8353
20181,8674
20172,165–
20162,405–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1946 (rank #62, 815 births); most recent 2023 (rank #345, 152 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #1186, 32 births); most recent 2023 (rank #1511, 21 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
202315221
202217032
202115626
202018915
201923315
201819510
201721114
201624813
20152144
20142504

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2012 (rank #34, 232 births); most recent 2025 (rank #42, 120 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025120
2024158
2023152
2022189
2021170
2020140
2019169
2018189
2017182
2016214

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2012 (rank #11, 306 births); most recent 2025 (rank #25, 143 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025143
2024132
2023155
2022160
2021190
2020178
2019237
2018219
2017203
2016230

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2013 (rank #28, 94 births); most recent 2025 (rank #64, 36 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
202536
202457
202349
202255
202158
202060
201965
201872
201769
201673

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2016 (rank #41, 83 births); most recent 2023 (rank #58, 47 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #643, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoysGirls
202347–
2022555
202169–
202058–
201973–
201875–
201779–
201683–
201569–
201471–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence