Maxima

Where Maxima comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin Maxima, feminine of Maximus.
— Wiktionary's entry for Maxima
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1919
    First appearance
    #4,814 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1931
    Peak, #3,848
    6 babies named Maxima — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1932
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.