Maximilian

#590 for boys in 2025, 497 births

Peak · boys
2013 · 676 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
18,940
since 1907

Maximilian over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Maximilian has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #429, 2013boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#590497
2024#586487
2023#561518
2022#566523
2021#548533
2020#493595
2019#500571
2018#448672
2017#464652
2016#432717
2015#438698
2014#446668
2013#429676
2012#460590
2011#431632
2010#435632
2009#476574
2008#465593
2007#514512
2006#518498
2005#497498
2004#514474
2003#502486
2002#481481
2001#477493
2000#478492
1999#499435
1998#518402
1997#567331
1996#613285
1995#614280
1994#654253
1993#723206
1992#719206
1991#731193
1990#777170
1989#737180
1988#780146
1987#709166
1986#840116
1985#1,00782
1984#1,17460
1983#1,16660
1982#1,51441
1981#1,57738
1980#1,54739
1979#1,78831
1978#1,68832
1977#1,57135
1976#1,64632
1975#1,75328
1974#2,19919
1973#1,73626
1972#2,65913
1971#2,20318
1970#1,69926
1969#1,97718
1968#1,69522
1967#2,13914
1966#2,32712
1965#3,5376
1964#2,8549
1963#3,0448
1962#3,0418
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1960#4,0385
1959#3,9885
1958#3,2757
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1920#2,76510
1919#3,7366
1918#2,8829
1917#2,42311
1916#2,7309
1915#3,0827
1914#1,86812
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First appearance
1907

The first year at least five boys were named Maximilian! It came in at #1,345, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1907–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Maximilian is popular in 2015

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Maximilian, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Maximilian, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Maximilian, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Maximilian, so not publishedNHWashington: #441 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,298 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Maximilian, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Maximilian, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Maximilian, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #371 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,892 boysMNIllinois: #287 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 1,383 boysILWisconsin: #328 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,601 boysWIMichigan: #404 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 2,275 boysMINew York: #317 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 1,686 boysNYMassachusetts: #362 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,274 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Maximilian, so not publishedRIOregon: #548 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,022 boysORNevada: #291 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,235 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Maximilian, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Maximilian, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Maximilian, so not publishedIAIndiana: #454 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,582 boysINOhio: #377 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 2,079 boysOHPennsylvania: #456 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 2,991 boysPANew Jersey: #319 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,733 boysNJConnecticut: #228 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,029 boysCTCalifornia: #303 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 1,572 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Maximilian, so not publishedUTColorado: #518 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,768 boysCONebraska: #387 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,684 boysNEMissouri: #562 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,511 boysMOKentucky: #601 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,401 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Maximilian, so not publishedWVVirginia: #515 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,263 boysVAMaryland: #636 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,973 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Maximilian, so not publishedDEArizona: #404 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,174 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Maximilian, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Maximilian, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Maximilian, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Maximilian, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #759 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,779 boysNCSouth Carolina: #529 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,073 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #169 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 547 boysDCOklahoma: #702 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,154 boysOKLouisiana: #626 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,640 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Maximilian, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Maximilian, so not publishedALGeorgia: #500 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 2,892 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Maximilian, so not publishedHITexas: #542 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 3,549 boysTXFlorida: #417 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 2,399 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. District of Columbia#169 · 1 in 547
  2. Connecticut#228 · 1 in 1,029
  3. Illinois#287 · 1 in 1,383
  4. Nevada#291 · 1 in 1,235
  5. California#303 · 1 in 1,572

Best ever in a state: #156 in District of Columbia, 2013.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#16981 in 547
Connecticut#228141 in 1,029
Illinois#287481 in 1,383
Nevada#291111 in 1,235
California#3031441 in 1,572
New York#317611 in 1,686
New Jersey#319241 in 1,733
Wisconsin#328171 in 1,601
Massachusetts#362131 in 2,274
Minnesota#371151 in 1,892
Ohio#377291 in 2,079
Nebraska#38761 in 1,684
Arizona#404171 in 2,174
Michigan#404211 in 2,275
Florida#417411 in 2,399
Washington#441161 in 2,298
Indiana#454141 in 2,582
Pennsylvania#456201 in 2,991
Georgia#500191 in 2,892
Virginia#515131 in 3,263
Colorado#518101 in 2,768
South Carolina#52971 in 3,073
Texas#542531 in 3,549
Oregon#54861 in 3,022
Missouri#56291 in 3,511
Kentucky#60151 in 4,401
Louisiana#62671 in 3,640
Maryland#63671 in 3,973
Oklahoma#70251 in 4,154
North Carolina#75991 in 5,779
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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 Maximilian
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 4 spots since 2024 (#586 → #590)
  • 97 spots since 2020 (#493 → #590)
  • 152 spots since 2015 (#438 → #590)
  • Biggest jump: 167 spots in 1986 (#1,007 → #840)
  • Biggest drop: 71 spots in 1988 (#709 → #780)
Rise & fade · boys
106 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1907
  • Peaked 2013 at #429 (676 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 40 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1986–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,647
  • Highest: 1 in 2,647 boys born in 2016 were named Maximilian (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,437 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #429 in 2013, was only 1 in 2,798 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 34.4% of all boys named Maximilian (6,508) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s5#1,345 (1907)#1,345
1910s54#1,868 (1914)#2,787
1920s39#2,765 (1920)#3,302
1930s12#3,113 (1939)#3,183
1940s5#3,560 (1942)#3,560
1950s12#3,275 (1958)#3,632
1960s102#1,695 (1968)#2,739
1970s260#1,571 (1977)#1,894
1980s928#709 (1987)#1,105
1990s2,761#499 (1999)#642
2000s5,101#465 (2008)#492
2010s6,508#429 (2013)#448
2020s3,153#493 (2020)#557

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.

Maximilian in 2015

boys
#438
698 births · 1 in 2,746 boys

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #438Maximilian698
More about 2015

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 2,746 of them was named Maximilian, which outranked 96.9% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maximilian
  1. #434Ronald704
  2. #436Ibrahim699
  3. #436Lawson699
  4. #438Maximilian698
  5. #439Harvey697
  6. #440Donald696
  7. #441Albert695
Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,348Riaan#2,277 → #929
  2. ↑ 397Huxley#1,355 → #958
  3. ↑ 355Wilder#1,313 → #958
  4. ↑ 284Jaziel#1,218 → #934
  5. ↑ 268Canaan#1,074 → #806
Fallers
  1. ↓ 676Arnav#891 → #1,567
  2. ↓ 262Jayse#906 → #1,168
  3. ↓ 239Neymar#551 → #790
  4. ↓ 228Rylee#877 → #1,105
  5. ↓ 204Johnathon#915 → #1,119

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

See the top 100 for 2015 →