Maxie

#6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to boys 53.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1935 · 125 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,647
since 1888

Maxie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #546, 1908peak #514, 1935girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,83816#9,7147
2024#5,96220—
2023#8,05513—
2022#7,63114—
2021#11,1468—
2020——
2019#12,4487#10,8036
2018#9,15111#12,1565
2017#14,1246#10,7756
2016#9,41111#10,7446
2015#8,93112—
2014#11,9318—
2013——
2012#16,8695—
2011#9,15012—
2010#11,2469—
2009#12,4298—
2008#15,4056#9,8717
2007#15,4916#7,59010
2006—#9,5857
2005#16,4625#7,6409
2004#10,6909#6,52011
2003#15,7845#10,8945
2002—#8,4567
2001#11,0208#8,3397
2000#8,02712#8,2097
1999#12,6886#7,8747
1998#11,1387#8,4796
1997#9,0179—
1996#10,5677#7,1367
1995#5,67716#8,8685
1994#6,31914#5,10911
1993#8,7199#6,8167
1992#9,4918#4,87211
1991#7,43011#4,00514
1990—#5,8238
1989#5,04917#6,9416
1988#4,01522#4,45010
1987#4,12220#2,46822
1986#8,5237#3,44013
1985#7,5638#2,50420
1984#6,8109#3,10714
1983—#2,08525
1982—#2,16624
1981#9,1106#2,20423
1980#8,1787#2,05826
1979#4,84214#3,16813
1978#4,93113#3,07013
1977#6,3409#2,13122
1976#7,2967#1,78128
1975#7,1737#2,06522
1974—#2,35817
1973#6,6667#2,03620
1972#6,5587#1,81924
1971#7,3886#1,44135
1970#4,24613#1,61528
1969#5,9747#1,35135
1968#6,2466#1,21739
1967#4,9828#1,34032
1966#5,8096#1,23737
1965#5,2897#1,29435
1964#4,09611#1,17243
1963#4,5399#1,08150
1962#2,92218#97361
1961#3,79312#1,10850
1960#3,51213#1,15246
1959#2,51721#1,12947
1958#3,23214#97860
1957#2,56320#1,02255
1956#2,92916#94662
1955#2,41121#1,06650
1954#2,29522#92964
1953#2,07125#86868
1952#2,26621#96854
1951#1,74031#88163
1950#1,72030#90457
1949#1,84527#72989
1948#1,47339#80271
1947#1,60235#80174
1946#1,36041#67691
1945#1,15546#86053
1944#1,01759#67884
1943#1,19746#66892
1942#1,16246#637100
1941#96158#65487
1940#97953#63588
1939#89162#563103
1938#81175#568106
1937#89160#60991
1936#85363#542112
1935#70990#514125
1934#85564#539119
1933#76474#67776
1932#72187#59797
1931#80671#79462
1930#75586#81563
1929#76085#80165
1928#81678#71379
1927#79284#84064
1926#77487#83163
1925#81982#89057
1924#79288#74679
1923#78287#75575
1922#76392#83067
1921#78487#91359
1920#78086#85363
1919#77183#83262
1918#74791#74874
1917#70396#79363
1916#73784#95245
1915#70090#84653
1914#72064#90736
1913#68957#95027
1912#77042#87626
1911#67641#73219
1910#65842#54627
1909#64437#84012
1908#54646#9469
1907#64933#77812
1906#59536#70912
1905#63231#1,0916
1904#72723#58715
1903#69523#61913
1902#77320#8628
1901#85715#8587
1900#62432#1,0507
1899#59327#58312
1898#79018#1,0026
1897#78616—
1896#75418#64112
1895#89313#7958
1894#90512#1,0745
1893#76715#8367
1892#95810#1,0665
1891#83911—
1890#61718#6679
1889#68714—
1888#8949#8157
1887#7889—
1886#8977—
1885——
1884#7319—
1883——
1882——
1881——
1880——
First appearance
1888

The first year at least five boys were named Maxie! It came in at #815, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1889, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Maxie is popular in 1909

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Maxie
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • Biggest jump: 419 spots in 1899 (#1,002 → #583)
  • Biggest drop: 504 spots in 1905 (#587 → #1,091)
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1935 at #514 (125 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 62 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1906–1954
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,193
  • Highest: 1 in 7,193 boys born in 1910 were named Maxie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #514 in 1935, was only 1 in 8,331 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 20.5% of all boys named Maxie (954) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2009
  • Mostly boys until 2008, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7#815 (1888)#815
1890s64#583 (1899)#833
1900s101#587 (1904)#834
1910s432#546 (1910)#818
1920s671#713 (1928)#817
1930s954#514 (1935)#622
1940s829#635 (1940)#714
1950s580#868 (1953)#969
1960s428#973 (1962)#1,193
1970s222#1,441 (1971)#2,148
1980s183#2,058 (1980)#3,142
1990s76#4,005 (1991)#6,554
2000s70#6,520 (2004)#8,567
2010s23#10,744 (2016)#11,120
2020s7#9,714 (2025)#9,714

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.

Maxie in 1909

girls
#644
37 births · 1 in 9,385 girls
boys
#840
12 births · 1 in 13,666 boys

Top girls' names in 1909

  1. #1Mary19,259
  2. #2Helen9,250
  3. #3Margaret7,358
  4. #4Ruth6,509
  5. #5Dorothy6,253
  6. #6Anna5,804
  7. #7Elizabeth5,176
  8. #8Mildred5,054
  9. #9Marie4,301
  10. #10Alice4,170
  11. #644Maxie37

Top boys' names in 1909

  1. #1John9,590
  2. #2William7,913
  3. #3James7,595
  4. #4George4,688
  5. #5Robert4,563
  6. #6Joseph4,348
  7. #7Charles4,029
  8. #8Frank3,244
  9. #9Edward2,935
  10. #10Thomas2,468
  11. #840Maxie12
More about 1909

girls

347,228 girls got a published name in 1909; 1 in 9,385 of them was named Maxie, which outranked 74.7% of the 2,548 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maxie
  1. #638Ruthie38
  2. #638Sofia38
  3. #638Violette38
  4. #644Maxie37
  5. #644Adelia37
  6. #644Aletha37
  7. #644Alfreda37
  8. #662Alverta36
  9. #662Bethel36
  10. #662Enid36

Tied with 17 names at #644; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 994Laverna#1,862 → #868
  2. ↑ 994Nevada#1,862 → #868
  3. ↑ 901Gayle#1,862 → #961
  4. ↑ 686Elba#1,676 → #990
  5. ↑ 612Gertha#1,547 → #935
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,045Arnetta#912 → #1,957
  2. ↓ 987Launa#970 → #1,957
  3. ↓ 668Buna#939 → #1,607
  4. ↓ 540Arlena#829 → #1,369
  5. ↓ 540Elta#829 → #1,369

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 13,666 of them was named Maxie, which outranked 50.0% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maxie
  1. #804Vernie13
  2. #804Whitney13
  3. #804Wright13
  4. #840Maxie12
  5. #840Alden12
  6. #840Antoine12
  7. #840Armando12
  8. #893Acie11
  9. #893Agnes11
  10. #893Agustin11

Tied with 52 names at #840; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 783Toney#1,373 → #590
  2. ↑ 720Cicero#1,373 → #653
  3. ↑ 538Alfonzo#1,217 → #679
  4. ↑ 533Bessie#1,373 → #840
  5. ↑ 533Ezell#1,373 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 874Tracy#566 → #1,440
  2. ↓ 808Jonah#632 → #1,440
  3. ↓ 808Lew#632 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 783Blair#657 → #1,440
  5. ↓ 728Perley#712 → #1,440

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1909 →