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Maxim
Rank in 2024
#1,448
Born in 2024
125
Peak year
2012 · #685
Origin
Latin
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 125 boys were named Maxim, about 1 in every 13,723.
- It peaked in 2012 with 346 babies, ranked #685.
- It first shows up in the records in 1923.
- 6,878 boys have been named Maxim since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Maxim per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 13 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 42 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 58 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 48 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 489 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,488 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,740 babies, 0.13 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
As a given name, from Latin Maximus (“greatest”), superlative of magnus (“great”). Borne by several early Christian saints. As a French or Dutch surname, from the given name. For the machine gun, named after American and British inventor Hiram Maxim (1840–1916).
- A male given name from Latin.
- A surname from French or from Dutch [in turn transferred from the given name, in turn from Latin].
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Maxim, CC BY-SA 4.0.