Maksim Boy
How popular is Maksim?
#2,451 boy name in 2025
55 baby boys were named Maksim in the US in 2025, making it the 2451st most popular boy name.
Maksim popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,451 for boys (▼ 530 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 55 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-65% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,174 in 2015, #1,849 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (204 boys) |
| Highest rank | #967 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1993 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Maksim counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Maxim family of names ranked #927 for boys in 2025 (#867 the year before), with 226 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Maksim is most popular
Babies named Maksim per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Illinois: 0.2 per 1,000 (43 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (33 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (33 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (49 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Maksim by decade
Boy names about as popular as Maksim
Questions
- Is Maksim a boy or girl name?
- Maksim is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Maksim were boys.
- How popular is the name Maksim?
- 55 baby boys were named Maksim in the US in 2025, making it the 2451st most popular boy name.
- When was Maksim most popular?
- Maksim peaked in 2011, when 204 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #967 in 2011.
- How many people are named Maksim?
- 2,678 babies have been named Maksim in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,655 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Maksim most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Maksim was most common in Illinois, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.