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Maxim

Boy's name · #1524 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Maxim reached #687 in 2012 and has eased to #1524 since. About 7,000 boys have carried it since 1923.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 11 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#68 in Czechia (2025) · #133 in Belgium (2025) · #180 in Switzerland (2025) · #206 in Austria (2025) · #214 in Netherlands (2025) · #284 in Poland (2025) · #527 in Sweden (2025) · #598 in England & Wales (2025) · #777 in Ireland (2025) · #892 in Scotland (2025) · #1,192 in France (2025) · #545 in Canada (2024).

Famous Maxims

• Maxim Gorky — Russian and Soviet writer (1868–1936)
• Maxim Litvinov — Soviet diplomat and foreign minister (1876–1951)
• Maxim Kontsevich — Russian-born French mathematician and Fields Medallist
• Maxim Galkin — Russian television personality, comedian
• Maxim Vengerov — Russian violinist, violist, and conductor

In stories & tradition

• Maxim Kammerer — Prisoners of Power (book)
• Maxim De Pauw^nl — Familie (TV series)
• Maxim de Winter — Rebecca (book)

What Maxims become

Among 788 notable people named Maxim:

Sports figures appear 2.15× more often than among typical names — e.g. Maxim Iglinsky, Kazakhstani sport cyclist (born 1981).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Maksim (#2466), Maxim would rank around #1196 with about 170 births last year — the newborns split about 67/33 between Maxim and Maksim.

Similar names: Maksim · Dominik · Maxx · Yakov · Maison · Marko

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