Massimo

Meaning: Maximum, greatest
Origin: Italian (from Latin maximus)

Boy's name · #938 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Massimo is near its high-water mark: it reached #844 in 2023 and still ranked #938 in 2025. About 4,000 boys have carried it since 1963.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#375 in Belgium (2025) · #652 in Switzerland (2025) · #809 in France (2025) · #943 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,080 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #1,612 in Austria (2025) · #507 in Canada (2024).

Famous Massimos

Massimo D'Alema — Italian politician (born 1949)
Massimo Ambrosini — Italian association football player
Massimo Oddo — E football acc
Massimo Troisi — Italian actor, film director, and poet (1953–1994)
Massimo d'Azeglio — Italian statesman, novelist and painter (1798–1866)

In stories & tradition

Massimo Marone — The Bold and the Beautiful (TV series)
Massimo Torini — Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (video game)

What Massimos become

Among 1,487 notable people named Massimo:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.33× more often than among typical names — e.g. Massimo Cacciari, Italian philosopher and politician.

Similar names: Gian · Mazi · Cosmo · Cadence · Magnus · Maison

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