Maxson
#3,818 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Maxson has been given to 1,056 babies in the U.S. since 1916. In 2025 it ranked #3,818 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 78 recorded.
Babies named Maxson, 2025
1 in 114,000
Maxson over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Maxson?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 114,000
- 29 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 58,900
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #3,818
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 79,239 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Maxson sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 79,239 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Maxson. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Maxsons were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Maxson was born before 2015 — so the typical Maxson is around 10 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 57.6% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 95.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,051
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 57.6% of all recorded uses (608).
Is Maxson 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
- +574
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −1,215
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −1,736
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.43×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 37.2%
- Peak was 2016 (78)
- Years since peak
- 9
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 32.3% average annual change
Spellings of Maxson
Maxson is not the most common spelling — Jason is, with 48.8% against Maxson's 0.05%.
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 Maxson is used
Across 2016–2025, Maxson was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 47,152 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in 20,000
- 2Indiana1 in 50,000
- 3New York1 in 50,000
- 4Texas1 in 50,000
- 5Florida1 in 100,000
- 6Illinois1 in 100,000
- 7North Carolina1 in 100,000
- 8Ohio1 in 100,000
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.
Maxson around the world
Where Maxson 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 & Wales2015–2025#2,952in 2025
- Canada2014–2024#2,550in 2024
- South Australia2012–2012#771in 2012
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Maxson by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Maxson
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Maxson
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.