Maxine Girl
How popular is Maxine?
#496 girl name in 2025
597 baby girls were named Maxine in the US in 2025, making it the 496th most popular girl name.
Maxine popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #496 for girls (▲ 22 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 597 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+155% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,106 in 2015, #739 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1924 (3,659 girls) |
| Highest rank | #76 in 1923 |
| First recorded | 1884 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Maxine counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Maxine family of names ranked #477 for girls in 2025 (#492 the year before), with 605 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Maxine | 597 | 99% |
| Maxene | 8 | 1% |
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 Maxine is most popular
Babies named Maxine per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 0.8 per 1,000 (82 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.7 per 1,000 (83 girls)
- Washington: 0.7 per 1,000 (98 girls)
- Oregon: 0.7 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- Idaho: 0.6 per 1,000 (19 girls)
Maxine by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 21 | #793 |
| 1890s | 173 | #507 |
| 1900s | 1,409 | #179 |
| 1910s | 17,800 | #85 |
| 1920s | 33,743 | #76 |
| 1930s | 20,476 | #93 |
| 1940s | 16,070 | #137 |
| 1950s | 9,742 | #213 |
| 1960s | 4,309 | #383 |
| 1970s | 1,541 | #632 |
| 1980s | 1,357 | #899 |
| 1990s | 1,885 | #918 |
| 2000s | 1,570 | #1,039 |
| 2010s | 2,470 | #797 |
| 2020s | 3,046 | #496 |
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Questions
- Is Maxine a boy or girl name?
- Maxine is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Maxine were girls.
- How popular is the name Maxine?
- 597 baby girls were named Maxine in the US in 2025, making it the 496th most popular girl name.
- When was Maxine most popular?
- Maxine peaked in 1924, when 3,659 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #76 in 1923.
- How many people are named Maxine?
- 115,989 babies have been named Maxine in the US since 1880. We estimate about 40,172 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 73.
- Where is Maxine most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Maxine was most common in Minnesota, at 0.8 of every 1,000 girls 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.