Maximo
Maximo was the 580th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 506 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 578th; the most babies were born in 2025 (506). Over the last ten years it has moved up 277 places. More babies were named Maximo in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning greatest (Spanish Máximo) · Latin, Spanish
Say it MAK-sih-moh /ˈmæksɪmoʊ/
- Rank in 2025
- #580 boys, up 174 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 506boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2025506 babies
- Total since 1880
- 9,223babies recorded
What does the name Maximo mean?
Maximo is the English spelling of Spanish Máximo, which Wiktionary derives from Latin Maximus, a Roman surname and the name of several saints. Maximus is the Latin word for greatest. The accent in Spanish marks the stress on the first syllable, MAHK-see-moh. In the US Maximo has been used since the early 1900s and is more common now than ever before.
maximus (Latin, “greatest”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Maximus, Max, Maximiliano, Máximo.
See also: Latin names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Máximo' (Spanish section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Maximo' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Nicknames for Maximo
The usual nicknames for Maximo are Max. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 boys named Maximo in the last five years, 495 were named Max, against 1503 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Boys, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max · also for Massimo, Maxwell, Maximus | Traditional | #180 | 11,155 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are boys given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Maximos go by each one.
Maximo popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #580 | 506 |
| 2020 | #754 | 321 |
| 2010 | #831 | 258 |
| 2000 | #1,563 | 77 |
| 1990 | #1,720 | 47 |
| 1980 | #1,532 | 40 |
| 1970 | #1,776 | 25 |
| 1960 | #1,753 | 22 |
| 1950 | #1,642 | 21 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | #2,031 | 15 |
| 1920 | #2,104 | 16 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Maximo, counting every spelling?
Maximo is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #572 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #580 for Maximo on its own. Together these spellings went to 506 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maximo | 506 | #580 | 2,254 |
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 Maximo?
506 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Maximo (0.14 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Maximo 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 17 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Maximo.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Maximo?
About 8,600 people born in the US named Maximo are alive today, with a median age of 13; half are between 5 and 22. That makes Maximo 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.
Maximo by state
How common Maximo was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Arizona (2.5×), California (2.1×), Texas (2.1×), Florida (2.0×), Nevada (1.8×). In 22 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 Maximo: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Maximo, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Maximo · Sibling names for Maximo
Questions about the name Maximo
What does Maximo mean?
Maximo means “greatest (Spanish Máximo)” (Latin, Spanish origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Maximo?
Maximo was the 580th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 506 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 578th; the most babies were born in 2025 (506). Over the last ten years it has moved up 277 places. More babies were named Maximo in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Maximo a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Maximo in the US.
Where is Maximo most popular?
In 2021–2025, Maximo was most common in Arizona (0.65 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and Texas.