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Maxi

#7,499 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Short form of Maximiliano

Maxi has been given to 309 babies in the U.S. since 1979. In 2025 it ranked #7,499 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2013, with 16 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 54% boys, 46% girls all-time.

Babies named Maxi, 2025

1 in 301,000

Maxi over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Maxi over time

In 2025, Maxi went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19772025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Maxi: meaning, origin, and history

Short form of Maximiliano

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Maxi means

Maxi is a short form of Maximiliano.

Origin, language, and formation

Maxi is used in Spanish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Maximiliano.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 167 boys were recorded with the name Maxi between 1979 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2013; its best national rank was #5,550 in 2013.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,470 in 2015 to #7,499 in 2025.

In the United States, 142 girls were recorded with the name Maxi between 1977 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 18 in 1977; its best national rank was #4,004 in 1977.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Maxi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 301,000
11 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 155,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,499
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
208,901 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Maxi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Maxi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Maxis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Maxi was born before 2013 — so the typical Maxi is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
48.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
97.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
167
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Choose a decade

2010s — 48.5% of all recorded uses (81).

Is Maxi rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+2,053
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
+971
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.22×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
68.8%
Peak was 2013 (16)
Years since peak
12
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
40.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,550
2013

Spellings of Maxi

Maxi is not the most common spelling — Mark is, with 58.9% against Maxi's <0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Maxi is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Maxi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,905,450 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Maxi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Maxi is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Maxi was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,501,280 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Maxi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Maxi around the world

Where Maxi ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2003–2024
    #3,689
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Maxi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,499
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#5,550
2013
Peak year
2013
16 that year
First recorded
1979
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
167
Count in 2025
11

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,004
1977
Peak year
1977
18 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
142
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Maxi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Maxi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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