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.

Maxim

#1,422 most common boys' name of all time · #3,431 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1923–2025

Rank among boys
#1,422
Rank overall
#3,431 of 105,966
First appeared
1923
Years on the list
70 of 146
All-time
6,998
Since 2016
1,899
Peak year
2012 #686
Best rank
#686 2012
Girls Boys peak 346/yr
19401960198020002020

Maxim first appears in 1923. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 114 114 #1,523
2024 125 125 #1,449
2023 142 142 #1,337
2022 174 174 #1,173
2021 197 197 #1,077
2020 177 177 #1,113
2019 216 216 #987
2018 240 240 #903
2017 249 249 #871
2016 265 265 #848
2015 301 301 #780
2014 335 335 #721
2013 319 319 #731
2012 346 346 #686
2011 313 313 #727
2010 6 314 320 #730
2009 319 319 #733
2008 334 334 #703
2007 273 273 #792
2006 236 236 #854
2005 177 177 #982
2004 194 194 #895
2003 204 204 #849
2002 168 168 #955
2001 167 167 #932
2000 158 158 #963
1999 109 109 #1,185
1998 94 94 #1,280
1997 82 82 #1,358
1996 64 64 #1,555
1995 46 46 #1,871
1994 50 50 #1,761
1993 47 47 #1,802
1992 41 41 #1,965
1991 30 30 #2,370
1990 35 35 #2,101
1989 29 29 #2,324
1988 31 31 #2,060
1987 35 35 #1,843
1986 25 25 #2,254
1985 9 9 #4,468
1984 16 16 #2,875
1983 8 8 #4,636
1982 11 11 #3,810
1981 12 12 #3,491
1980 6 6 #5,754
1979 9 9 #4,193
1978 6 6 #5,292
1976 6 6 #5,173
1973 6 6 #4,737
1971 9 9 #3,514
1966 6 6 #3,764
1964 6 6 #3,867
1963 6 6 #3,896
1962 8 8 #3,220
1961 6 6 #3,901
1957 6 6 #3,840
1956 5 5 #4,267
1953 7 7 #3,357
1952 7 7 #3,305
1946 7 7 #3,135
1944 6 6 #3,393
1943 7 7 #3,207
1942 8 8 #2,930
1941 5 5 #3,933
1940 6 6 #3,421
1936 5 5 #3,970
1934 5 5 #4,122
1926 5 5 #4,725
1923 8 8 #3,462