Maxime Boy

How popular is Maxime?

#4,706 boy name in 2025

21 baby boys were named Maxime in the US in 2025, making it the 4706th most popular boy name.

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1,124living people named Maxime (est.)
18median age of people named Maxime
1,153babies named Maxime since 1880
1 in 157,873US babies born in 2025

Maxime popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#4,706 for boys (▼ 637 from 2024)
Babies in 202521 boys
10-year trendFalling (-45% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#3,021 in 2015, #3,915 in 2020
Peak year2001 (40 boys)
Highest rank#2,425 in 2001
First recorded1920
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)98% boys, 2% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Maxime 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.

SpellingBoys in 2025Share
Maxim 114 50%
Maksim 55 24%
Maxime 21 9%
Maksym 31 14%
Maxym 5 2%

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 Maxime is most popular

Babies named Maxime per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (19 boys)
  2. California: 0.0 per 1,000 (26 boys)
  3. Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)

Maxime by decade

DecadeBaby boysBest rank
1920s10#4,284
1970s22#3,939
1980s80#3,068
1990s185#2,556
2000s318#2,425
2010s331#3,021
2020s152#3,710

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Questions

Is Maxime a boy or girl name?
Maxime is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Maxime were boys.
How popular is the name Maxime?
21 baby boys were named Maxime in the US in 2025, making it the 4706th most popular boy name.
When was Maxime most popular?
Maxime peaked in 2001, when 40 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,425 in 2001.
How many people are named Maxime?
1,153 babies have been named Maxime in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,124 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
Where is Maxime most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Maxime was most common in New York, at 0.0 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.