Maximilien

#9,416 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Maximilianus

Maximilien has been given to 371 babies in the U.S. since 1987. In 2025 it ranked #9,416 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1998, with 16 recorded.

Babies named Maximilien, 2025

1 in 414,000

Maximilien over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Maximilien: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Maximilianus

Latin

What Maximilien means

Maximilien is a form of Maximilianus.

Origin, language, and formation

Maximilien is used in French. Its origins include Latin.

Maximilien comes through Latin Maximilianus.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Maximilianus and Maximilian.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Maximilien is pronounced /mak.si.mi.ljɛ̃/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 371 boys were recorded with the name Maximilien between 1987 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 1998; its best national rank was #4,324 in 1998.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,496 in 2020 to #9,416 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,191 in 2015 to #9,416 in 2025.

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.

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How common is Maximilien?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 414,000; 8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 213,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #9,416; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 287,238 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Maximilien 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 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Maximilien. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Maximiliens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Maximilien was born before 2009 — so the typical Maximilien is around 16 today.

Median birth year: 2009; About 16 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 34.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 73.9%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 371; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 34.5% of all recorded uses (128).

Is Maximilien 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: −920; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −3,225; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.57×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 50.0%; Peak was 1998 (16)
Years since peak: 27; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 35.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,324; 1998

Spellings of Maximilien

Maximilien is not the most common spelling — Maximiliano is, with 48.0% against Maximilien's 0.74%.

Maximiliano48.0%23,972
Maximilian37.9%18,940
Maximillian12.0%5,968
Maximillion1.4%675
Maximilien0.74%371

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 Maximilien is used

Across 1910–2025, Maximilien was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 498,077 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

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. Maximilien has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Maximilien around the world

Where Maximilien 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
1996–2025
#3,684
in 2025
France
1900–2025
#539
in 2025
Canada
1991–2024
#2,855
in 2024
South Australia
2000–2007
#680
in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Maximilien by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #9,416
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 920
Best rank ever: #4,324; 1998
Peak year: 1998; 16 that year
First recorded: 1987
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 371
Count in 2025: 8

Names similar to Maximilien

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

Sibling names for Maximilien

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

For a sister

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For a brother

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