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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |