girls:
6 births since 2010
#5710 (0th percentile)
boys:
6.8k births since 1923
#1428 (69th percentile)
overall:
6.8k births since 1923
#3268 (58th percentile)
The name Maxim is the #3,268 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,759 recorded births since 1923. This represents the 57.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 57.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,428 (68.9% percentile) for all time with 6,753 births since 1923. For girls, it ranks #5,710 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 2010.
Maxim first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1923 (1923 for boys and 2010 for girls). Birth data for Maxim is available in 68 out of the 101 years between 1923 and 2023 (68 years for boys and 1 years for girls). 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.
The name Maxim has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.9% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Maxim reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 35.9% percentile (ranked #577) with 171 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 171 births per million (ranked 35.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Maxim ranks #774 for boys (15.1% percentile) with 78 births per million, which is 45.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Maxim reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #943) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2010.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Maxim".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Maxim. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.6% confident that Maxim is pronounced as MAK-sihm, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAK-suhm, at 24.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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