Maxime
Maxime was the 4810th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 21 babies. Its best year was 2001, when it ranked 2462nd with 40 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,748 places. More babies were named Maxime in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,810 boys, down 823 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 21boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200140 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,153babies recorded
Maxime popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 55 since 1988.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,810 | 21 |
| 2020 | #3,987 | 26 |
| 2010 | #3,959 | 26 |
| 2000 | #3,046 | 29 |
| 1990 | #4,325 | 13 |
| 1980 | #6,906 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | #4,723 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Maxime, counting every spelling?
Maxime is a spelling of Maxim, a name family that ranked #963 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #4,810 for Maxime on its own. Together these spellings went to 226 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxim | 114 | #1,524 | 752 |
| Maksim | 55 | #2,466 | 381 |
| Maxime | 21 | #4,810 | 126 |
| Maksym | 31 | #3,627 | 124 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Maxime?
21 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Maxime (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Maxime born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 401 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Maxime.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Maxime?
About 1,100 people born in the US named Maxime are alive today, with a median age of 18; half are between 10 and 27. That makes Maxime mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Maxime by state
How common Maxime was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (1.9×). In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Maxime: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Maxime, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Maxime
How popular is the name Maxime?
Maxime was the 4810th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 21 babies. Its best year was 2001, when it ranked 2462nd with 40 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,748 places. More babies were named Maxime in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Maxime a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Maxime in the US.
Where is Maxime most popular?
In 2021–2025, Maxime was most common in New York (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and Texas.