boys:
869 births since 1927
#3718 (19th percentile)
overall:
869 births since 1927
#6870 (11th percentile)
The name Maxfield is the #6,870 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 869 recorded births since 1927. This represents the 11.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,718 (18.9% percentile) for all time with 869 births since 1927.
Maxfield first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1927 (first recorded for boys in 1927). Birth data for Maxfield is available in 43 out of the 95 years between 1927 and 2021. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Maxfield reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 4.3% percentile (ranked #778) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 19 births per million (ranked 4.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Maxfield".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Maxfield. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 63.8% confident that Maxfield is pronounced as MAK-sfeeld, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAK-SFEELD, at 36.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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