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
- Peak · boys
- 1935 · 125 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,647since 1888
Maxie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | #6,838 | 16 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | #5,962 | 20 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 | — | |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | — | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | — | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | — | |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | — | |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 | — | |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | — | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | #8,456 | 7 | |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | — | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #4,122 | 20 | #2,468 | 22 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #2,504 | 20 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | — | #2,085 | 25 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,166 | 24 | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #2,204 | 23 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #2,058 | 26 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 | #3,070 | 13 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #2,131 | 22 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #1,781 | 28 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #2,065 | 22 |
| 1974 | — | #2,358 | 17 | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #2,036 | 20 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #1,819 | 24 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #1,441 | 35 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | #1,615 | 28 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #1,351 | 35 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #1,217 | 39 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #1,340 | 32 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #1,237 | 37 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #1,294 | 35 |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 | #1,172 | 43 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | #1,081 | 50 |
| 1962 | #2,922 | 18 | #973 | 61 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 | #1,108 | 50 |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | #1,152 | 46 |
| 1959 | #2,517 | 21 | #1,129 | 47 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 | #978 | 60 |
| 1957 | #2,563 | 20 | #1,022 | 55 |
| 1956 | #2,929 | 16 | #946 | 62 |
| 1955 | #2,411 | 21 | #1,066 | 50 |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 | #929 | 64 |
| 1953 | #2,071 | 25 | #868 | 68 |
| 1952 | #2,266 | 21 | #968 | 54 |
| 1951 | #1,740 | 31 | #881 | 63 |
| 1950 | #1,720 | 30 | #904 | 57 |
| 1949 | #1,845 | 27 | #729 | 89 |
| 1948 | #1,473 | 39 | #802 | 71 |
| 1947 | #1,602 | 35 | #801 | 74 |
| 1946 | #1,360 | 41 | #676 | 91 |
| 1945 | #1,155 | 46 | #860 | 53 |
| 1944 | #1,017 | 59 | #678 | 84 |
| 1943 | #1,197 | 46 | #668 | 92 |
| 1942 | #1,162 | 46 | #637 | 100 |
| 1941 | #961 | 58 | #654 | 87 |
| 1940 | #979 | 53 | #635 | 88 |
| 1939 | #891 | 62 | #563 | 103 |
| 1938 | #811 | 75 | #568 | 106 |
| 1937 | #891 | 60 | #609 | 91 |
| 1936 | #853 | 63 | #542 | 112 |
| 1935 | #709 | 90 | #514 | 125 |
| 1934 | #855 | 64 | #539 | 119 |
| 1933 | #764 | 74 | #677 | 76 |
| 1932 | #721 | 87 | #597 | 97 |
| 1931 | #806 | 71 | #794 | 62 |
| 1930 | #755 | 86 | #815 | 63 |
| 1929 | #760 | 85 | #801 | 65 |
| 1928 | #816 | 78 | #713 | 79 |
| 1927 | #792 | 84 | #840 | 64 |
| 1926 | #774 | 87 | #831 | 63 |
| 1925 | #819 | 82 | #890 | 57 |
| 1924 | #792 | 88 | #746 | 79 |
| 1923 | #782 | 87 | #755 | 75 |
| 1922 | #763 | 92 | #830 | 67 |
| 1921 | #784 | 87 | #913 | 59 |
| 1920 | #780 | 86 | #853 | 63 |
| 1919 | #771 | 83 | #832 | 62 |
| 1918 | #747 | 91 | #748 | 74 |
| 1917 | #703 | 96 | #793 | 63 |
| 1916 | #737 | 84 | #952 | 45 |
| 1915 | #700 | 90 | #846 | 53 |
| 1914 | #720 | 64 | #907 | 36 |
| 1913 | #689 | 57 | #950 | 27 |
| 1912 | #770 | 42 | #876 | 26 |
| 1911 | #676 | 41 | #732 | 19 |
| 1910 | #658 | 42 | #546 | 27 |
| 1909 | #644 | 37 | #840 | 12 |
| 1908 | #546 | 46 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | #649 | 33 | #778 | 12 |
| 1906 | #595 | 36 | #709 | 12 |
| 1905 | #632 | 31 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #727 | 23 | #587 | 15 |
| 1903 | #695 | 23 | #619 | 13 |
| 1902 | #773 | 20 | #862 | 8 |
| 1901 | #857 | 15 | #858 | 7 |
| 1900 | #624 | 32 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | #593 | 27 | #583 | 12 |
| 1898 | #790 | 18 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | #786 | 16 | — | |
| 1896 | #754 | 18 | #641 | 12 |
| 1895 | #893 | 13 | #795 | 8 |
| 1894 | #905 | 12 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #767 | 15 | #836 | 7 |
| 1892 | #958 | 10 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #839 | 11 | — | |
| 1890 | #617 | 18 | #667 | 9 |
| 1889 | #687 | 14 | — | |
| 1888 | #894 | 9 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | #731 | 9 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#232 · 1 in 1,929
- Virginia#285 · 1 in 2,716
- Kentucky#367 · 1 in 4,079
- Mississippi#378 · 1 in 4,360
- Tennessee#394 · 1 in 5,583
Best ever in a state: #153 in South Carolina, 1942.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #232 | 11 | 1 in 1,929 |
| Virginia | #285 | 9 | 1 in 2,716 |
| Kentucky | #367 | 7 | 1 in 4,079 |
| Mississippi | #378 | 5 | 1 in 4,360 |
| Tennessee | #394 | 5 | 1 in 5,583 |
| Louisiana | #423 | 5 | 1 in 4,526 |
| Alabama | #449 | 5 | 1 in 5,763 |
| North Carolina | #494 | 5 | 1 in 7,398 |
| Texas | #533 | 11 | 1 in 5,657 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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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 Maxie
- Biggest jump: 419 spots in 1899 (#1,002 → #583)
- Biggest drop: 504 spots in 1905 (#587 → #1,091)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1935 at #514 (125 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1906–1954
- 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
- 20.5% of all boys named Maxie (954) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2008, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | #815 (1888) | #815 |
| 1890s | 64 | #583 (1899) | #833 |
| 1900s | 101 | #587 (1904) | #834 |
| 1910s | 432 | #546 (1910) | #818 |
| 1920s | 671 | #713 (1928) | #817 |
| 1930s | 954 | #514 (1935) | #622 |
| 1940s | 829 | #635 (1940) | #714 |
| 1950s | 580 | #868 (1953) | #969 |
| 1960s | 428 | #973 (1962) | #1,193 |
| 1970s | 222 | #1,441 (1971) | #2,148 |
| 1980s | 183 | #2,058 (1980) | #3,142 |
| 1990s | 76 | #4,005 (1991) | #6,554 |
| 2000s | 70 | #6,520 (2004) | #8,567 |
| 2010s | 23 | #10,744 (2016) | #11,120 |
| 2020s | 7 | #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 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 21,576 of them was named Maxie, which outranked 80.5% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 13,172 of them was named Maxie, which outranked 83.9% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).