Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Max

#210 most common boys' name of all time · #449 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#210
Rank overall
#449 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
168,577
Since 2016
26,357
Peak year
2009 #104
Best rank
#96 2011
Girls Boys peak 3,969/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Max is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 41 2,025 2,066 #180
2024 45 2,126 2,171 #175
2023 73 2,205 2,278 #163
2022 52 2,389 2,441 #157
2021 53 2,410 2,463 #160
2020 71 2,486 2,557 #147
2019 28 2,755 2,783 #137
2018 56 2,878 2,934 #136
2017 42 3,145 3,187 #128
2016 54 3,423 3,477 #118
2015 23 3,422 3,445 #117
2014 14 3,497 3,511 #112
2013 19 3,520 3,539 #111
2012 15 3,697 3,712 #105
2011 8 3,956 3,964 #96
2010 8 3,848 3,856 #98
2009 11 3,958 3,969 #104
2008 7 3,372 3,379 #126
2007 9 2,882 2,891 #141
2006 12 2,643 2,655 #160
2005 7 2,494 2,501 #165
2004 13 2,481 2,494 #164
2003 5 2,460 2,465 #162
2002 9 2,319 2,328 #166
2001 9 2,404 2,413 #159
2000 8 2,355 2,363 #164
1999 2,297 2,297 #161
1998 7 2,158 2,165 #159
1997 7 1,698 1,705 #194
1996 10 1,489 1,499 #208
1995 12 1,565 1,577 #195
1994 7 1,624 1,631 #191
1993 9 1,888 1,897 #169
1992 10 1,877 1,887 #170
1991 13 1,829 1,842 #175
1990 1,791 1,791 #171
1989 11 1,606 1,617 #185
1988 17 1,386 1,403 #197
1987 7 1,452 1,459 #188
1986 7 923 930 #243
1985 8 762 770 #274
1984 632 632 #308
1983 5 531 536 #342
1982 462 462 #375
1981 501 501 #351
1980 486 486 #362
1979 457 457 #375
1978 6 414 420 #382
1977 403 403 #392
1976 5 410 415 #381
1975 415 415 #381
1974 413 413 #381
1973 434 434 #368
1972 390 390 #396
1971 409 409 #402
1970 486 486 #369
1969 375 375 #410
1968 414 414 #382
1967 395 395 #378
1966 448 448 #355
1965 5 422 427 #377
1964 525 525 #343
1963 549 549 #335
1962 7 573 580 #328
1961 653 653 #304
1960 669 669 #297
1959 6 691 697 #299
1958 736 736 #283
1957 6 740 746 #279
1956 748 748 #265
1955 724 724 #255
1954 5 743 748 #261
1953 5 725 730 #257
1952 7 763 770 #244
1951 6 805 811 #238
1950 755 755 #240
1949 761 761 #235
1948 743 743 #236
1947 5 869 874 #218
1946 841 841 #204
1945 7 803 810 #189
1944 780 780 #194
1943 5 875 880 #186
1942 6 971 977 #170
1941 931 931 #169
1940 952 952 #165
1939 979 979 #162
1938 7 1,164 1,171 #140
1937 1,106 1,106 #141
1936 1,248 1,248 #129
1935 10 1,283 1,293 #128
1934 8 1,335 1,343 #126
1933 12 1,124 1,136 #140
1932 11 1,154 1,165 #143
1931 10 1,183 1,193 #140
1930 8 1,181 1,189 #143
1929 13 1,336 1,349 #128
1928 12 1,405 1,417 #125
1927 12 1,227 1,239 #142
1926 10 1,254 1,264 #137
1925 10 1,385 1,395 #128
1924 7 1,397 1,404 #126
1923 13 1,440 1,453 #122
1922 14 1,518 1,532 #117
1921 12 1,558 1,570 #112
1920 10 1,561 1,571 #112
1919 11 1,458 1,469 #110
1918 8 1,536 1,544 #106
1917 7 1,511 1,518 #104
1916 1,493 1,493 #105
1915 1,434 1,434 #102
1914 6 1,159 1,165 #99
1913 897 897 #101
1912 5 734 739 #101
1911 360 360 #106
1910 277 277 #115
1909 228 228 #122
1908 218 218 #119
1907 197 197 #122
1906 156 156 #134
1905 140 140 #149
1904 134 134 #145
1903 110 110 #160
1902 133 133 #142
1901 110 110 #147
1900 141 141 #149
1899 127 127 #127
1898 132 132 #136
1897 122 122 #133
1896 145 145 #123
1895 95 95 #165
1894 99 99 #157
1893 107 107 #141
1892 95 95 #169
1891 91 91 #145
1890 99 99 #145
1889 83 83 #165
1888 118 118 #132
1887 73 73 #175
1886 73 73 #188
1885 71 71 #186
1884 80 80 #178
1883 75 75 #164
1882 74 74 #183
1881 66 66 #176
1880 52 52 #230