Max
#3,645 for girls in 2025, 41 births · #180 for boys in 2025, 2,025 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2011 · 3,956 births
- Debut · boys
- 52 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 3 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 167,458since 1880
Max over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,645 | 41 | #180 | 2,025 |
| 2024 | #3,459 | 45 | #175 | 2,126 |
| 2023 | #2,442 | 73 | #163 | 2,205 |
| 2022 | #3,123 | 52 | #157 | 2,389 |
| 2021 | #3,069 | 53 | #160 | 2,410 |
| 2020 | #2,441 | 71 | #147 | 2,486 |
| 2019 | #4,773 | 28 | #137 | 2,755 |
| 2018 | #2,928 | 56 | #136 | 2,878 |
| 2017 | #3,627 | 42 | #128 | 3,145 |
| 2016 | #3,060 | 54 | #118 | 3,423 |
| 2015 | #5,653 | 23 | #117 | 3,422 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | #112 | 3,497 |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 | #111 | 3,520 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | #105 | 3,697 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | #96 | 3,956 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | #98 | 3,848 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | #104 | 3,958 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #126 | 3,372 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | #141 | 2,882 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | #160 | 2,643 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #165 | 2,494 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 | #164 | 2,481 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #162 | 2,460 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | #166 | 2,319 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #159 | 2,404 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #164 | 2,355 |
| 1999 | — | #161 | 2,297 | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #159 | 2,158 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #194 | 1,698 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #208 | 1,489 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #195 | 1,565 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #191 | 1,624 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #169 | 1,888 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #170 | 1,877 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | #175 | 1,829 |
| 1990 | — | #171 | 1,791 | |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | #185 | 1,606 |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | #197 | 1,386 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #188 | 1,452 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #243 | 923 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #274 | 762 |
| 1984 | — | #308 | 632 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #342 | 531 |
| 1982 | — | #375 | 462 | |
| 1981 | — | #351 | 501 | |
| 1980 | — | #362 | 486 | |
| 1979 | — | #375 | 457 | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #382 | 414 |
| 1977 | — | #392 | 403 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #381 | 410 |
| 1975 | — | #381 | 415 | |
| 1974 | — | #381 | 413 | |
| 1973 | — | #368 | 434 | |
| 1972 | — | #396 | 390 | |
| 1971 | — | #402 | 409 | |
| 1970 | — | #368 | 486 | |
| 1969 | — | #410 | 375 | |
| 1968 | — | #382 | 414 | |
| 1967 | — | #377 | 395 | |
| 1966 | — | #355 | 448 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #376 | 422 |
| 1964 | — | #343 | 525 | |
| 1963 | — | #335 | 549 | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #328 | 573 |
| 1961 | — | #304 | 653 | |
| 1960 | — | #297 | 669 | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #299 | 691 |
| 1958 | — | #283 | 736 | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #279 | 740 |
| 1956 | — | #265 | 748 | |
| 1955 | — | #255 | 724 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #259 | 743 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #257 | 725 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #244 | 763 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #238 | 805 |
| 1950 | — | #240 | 755 | |
| 1949 | — | #234 | 761 | |
| 1948 | — | #236 | 743 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #218 | 869 |
| 1946 | — | #204 | 841 | |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | #189 | 803 |
| 1944 | — | #194 | 780 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #186 | 875 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #170 | 971 |
| 1941 | — | #169 | 931 | |
| 1940 | — | #165 | 952 | |
| 1939 | — | #162 | 979 | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #140 | 1,164 |
| 1937 | — | #141 | 1,106 | |
| 1936 | — | #129 | 1,248 | |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | #128 | 1,283 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | #126 | 1,335 |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 | #140 | 1,124 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | #143 | 1,154 |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | #140 | 1,183 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #143 | 1,181 |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 | #128 | 1,336 |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 | #125 | 1,405 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 | #142 | 1,227 |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 | #137 | 1,254 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | #128 | 1,385 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #126 | 1,397 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 | #122 | 1,440 |
| 1922 | #2,479 | 14 | #117 | 1,518 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | #112 | 1,558 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | #112 | 1,561 |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 | #110 | 1,458 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #106 | 1,536 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | #104 | 1,511 |
| 1916 | — | #105 | 1,493 | |
| 1915 | — | #102 | 1,434 | |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #99 | 1,159 |
| 1913 | — | #101 | 897 | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | #101 | 734 |
| 1911 | — | #106 | 360 | |
| 1910 | — | #114 | 277 | |
| 1909 | — | #122 | 228 | |
| 1908 | — | #119 | 218 | |
| 1907 | — | #122 | 197 | |
| 1906 | — | #132 | 156 | |
| 1905 | — | #149 | 140 | |
| 1904 | — | #145 | 134 | |
| 1903 | — | #159 | 110 | |
| 1902 | — | #142 | 133 | |
| 1901 | — | #146 | 110 | |
| 1900 | — | #149 | 141 | |
| 1899 | — | #125 | 127 | |
| 1898 | — | #136 | 132 | |
| 1897 | — | #133 | 122 | |
| 1896 | — | #120 | 145 | |
| 1895 | — | #165 | 95 | |
| 1894 | — | #155 | 99 | |
| 1893 | — | #139 | 107 | |
| 1892 | — | #166 | 95 | |
| 1891 | — | #145 | 91 | |
| 1890 | — | #143 | 99 | |
| 1889 | — | #160 | 83 | |
| 1888 | — | #132 | 118 | |
| 1887 | — | #174 | 73 | |
| 1886 | — | #182 | 73 | |
| 1885 | — | #183 | 71 | |
| 1884 | — | #176 | 80 | |
| 1883 | — | #163 | 75 | |
| 1882 | — | #182 | 74 | |
| 1881 | — | #175 | 66 | |
| 1880 | — | #225 | 52 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Max was already there! It came in at #225, and was given to 52 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 76 boys a year got the name.
Where Max is popular in 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#47 · 1 in 203
- South Dakota#58 · 1 in 187
- Massachusetts#59 · 1 in 220
- Vermont#69 · 1 in 192
- Rhode Island#71 · 1 in 248
Best ever in a state: #13 in Utah, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #47 | 113 | 1 in 203 |
| South Dakota | #58 | 22 | 1 in 187 |
| Massachusetts | #59 | 141 | 1 in 220 |
| Vermont | #69 | 10 | 1 in 192 |
| Iowa | #71 | 61 | 1 in 259 |
| Rhode Island | #71 | 17 | 1 in 248 |
| Montana | #72 | 19 | 1 in 211 |
| Nebraska | #73 | 41 | 1 in 253 |
| New Hampshire | #76 | 21 | 1 in 243 |
| Minnesota | #79 | 96 | 1 in 304 |
| New Jersey | #80 | 128 | 1 in 349 |
| New York | #81 | 289 | 1 in 373 |
| Wisconsin | #81 | 97 | 1 in 296 |
| District of Columbia | #82 | 16 | 1 in 266 |
| Hawaii | #82 | 17 | 1 in 271 |
| Idaho | #82 | 31 | 1 in 283 |
| Pennsylvania | #82 | 181 | 1 in 343 |
| Colorado | #90 | 86 | 1 in 334 |
| Connecticut | #91 | 46 | 1 in 332 |
| Missouri | #91 | 92 | 1 in 364 |
| Illinois | #94 | 187 | 1 in 388 |
| Oregon | #94 | 56 | 1 in 345 |
| Kansas | #97 | 44 | 1 in 381 |
| Michigan | #102 | 121 | 1 in 408 |
| North Dakota | #103 | 11 | 1 in 302 |
| Arizona | #105 | 98 | 1 in 408 |
| Maryland | #106 | 62 | 1 in 464 |
| Washington | #107 | 86 | 1 in 430 |
| Wyoming | #107 | 7 | 1 in 295 |
| Indiana | #112 | 88 | 1 in 425 |
| Delaware | #113 | 9 | 1 in 419 |
| Ohio | #114 | 130 | 1 in 482 |
| New Mexico | #116 | 25 | 1 in 424 |
| California | #120 | 494 | 1 in 490 |
| Virginia | #120 | 80 | 1 in 527 |
| Florida | #125 | 173 | 1 in 551 |
| North Carolina | #128 | 95 | 1 in 567 |
| Kentucky | #130 | 44 | 1 in 532 |
| Alaska | #142 | 8 | 1 in 434 |
| Louisiana | #142 | 43 | 1 in 582 |
| Oklahoma | #148 | 39 | 1 in 550 |
| Nevada | #150 | 26 | 1 in 552 |
| Tennessee | #152 | 58 | 1 in 626 |
| Arkansas | #156 | 25 | 1 in 601 |
| Texas | #161 | 271 | 1 in 688 |
| Maine | #163 | 8 | 1 in 629 |
| West Virginia | #163 | 12 | 1 in 715 |
| South Carolina | #171 | 28 | 1 in 775 |
| Georgia | #181 | 71 | 1 in 831 |
| Alabama | #224 | 22 | 1 in 1,098 |
| Mississippi | #240 | 13 | 1 in 1,146 |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Max
- 5 spots since 2024 (#175 → #180)
- 33 spots since 2020 (#147 → #180)
- 63 spots since 2015 (#117 → #180)
- Biggest jump: 55 spots in 1987 (#243 → #188)
- Biggest drop: 34 spots in 1971 (#368 → #402)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2011 at #96 (3,956 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 3 yrs · run 2010–2011
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 480 boys born in 2011 were named Max (0.21%)
- Latest: 1 in 843 boys born in 2025 (0.12%)
- 20.4% of all boys named Max (34,141) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 765 | #132 (1888) | #175 |
| 1890s | 1,112 | #120 (1896) | #143 |
| 1900s | 1,567 | #119 (1908) | #139 |
| 1910s | 10,859 | #99 (1914) | #105 |
| 1920s | 14,081 | #112 (1920) | #125 |
| 1930s | 11,757 | #126 (1934) | #139 |
| 1940s | 8,526 | #165 (1940) | #197 |
| 1950s | 7,430 | #238 (1951) | #262 |
| 1960s | 5,023 | #297 (1960) | #351 |
| 1970s | 4,231 | #368 (1970) | #383 |
| 1980s | 8,741 | #185 (1989) | #283 |
| 1990s | 18,216 | #159 (1998) | #179 |
| 2000s | 27,368 | #104 (2009) | #151 |
| 2010s | 34,141 | #96 (2011) | #116 |
| 2020s | 13,641 | #147 (2020) | #164 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Max in 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
girls
1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 167,010 of them was named Max, which outranked 50.6% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,379Zuzu12
- #9,379Zyiah12
- #9,379Zyniah12
- #9,975Max11
- #9,975Aamani11
- #9,975Aanika11
- #9,975Aariona11
- #10,679Aalaya10
- #10,679Aaliyan10
- #10,679Aaria10
Tied with 703 names at #9,975; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 501 of them was named Max, which outranked 99.3% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.