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Maxx

#1,761 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Maxx has been given to 4,189 babies in the U.S. since 1980. In 2025 it ranked #1,761 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 210 recorded.

Babies named Maxx, 2025

1 in 36,000

Maxx over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Maxx: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Maxx means

Maxx is a given name.

The naming story behind Maxx

Wikidata records Maxx as a given name, unisex given name. The entity identifier is Q81906054, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,078 boys were recorded with the name Maxx between 1980 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 210 in 2009; its best national rank was #954 in 2010.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,693 in 2020 to #1,761 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,146 in 2015 to #1,761 in 2025.

In the United States, 111 girls were recorded with the name Maxx between 1980 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2019; its best national rank was #9,522 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #14,508 in 2020 to #14,323 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #15,736 in 2015 to #14,323 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.

How common is Maxx?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 36,000
92 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 18,600
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,761
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
24,978 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Maxx 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 24,978 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Maxx. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Maxxs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Maxx was born before 2010 — so the typical Maxx is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
40.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
76.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,078
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 40.3% of all recorded uses (1,644).

Is Maxx 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
−57
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−68
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−615
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.56×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
43.8%
Peak was 2009 (210)
Years since peak
16
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#954
2010

Spellings of Maxx

Maxx is not the most common spelling — Mark is, with 74.0% against Maxx's 0.22%.

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 Maxx is used

Across 2016–2025, Maxx was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 11,111 boys, against 1 in 20,839 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).

19 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 11,111
  2. 2Arizona1 in 14,286
  3. 3Michigan1 in 20,000
  4. 4New York1 in 20,000
  5. 5Pennsylvania1 in 20,000
  6. 6Texas1 in 20,000
  7. 7Florida1 in 33,333
  8. 8Illinois1 in 50,000

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.

Maxx around the world

Where Maxx 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
    1996–2024
    #2,672
    in 2024
  • Scotland
    2009–2025
    #762
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2012–2015
    #699
    in 2015
  • Canada
    1998–2024
    #2,855
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1998–2013
    #317
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Maxx

People whose public names include Maxx, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Maxx in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Maxx. Linked forms have their own page here.

MaxMaxine

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Maxx by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,761
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 68
Best rank ever
#954
2010
Peak year
2009
210 that year
First recorded
1980
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,078
Count in 2025
92

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#14,323
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 185
Best rank ever
#9,522
2019
Peak year
2019
11 that year
First recorded
1980
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
111
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Maxx

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

MaxieMaximJaxxMaxtonMaxonMaximoMaximeMaxenMaxsonMaxiDaxxMaximinoMaximosMaximusMaxMaxeyMaxxonMaxtenMaxtynMaxineMaxymMaxximusMaxwelMaxwell

Names with a curve like Maxx

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Maxx, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Maxx

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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