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