Meaning not yet researched.
Max: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,025 in 2025. Its best rank was #96 in 2011.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #96 in 2011; #180 in 2025. About 98% of babies named Max in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#180 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2011, at #96.
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Max: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,025 boys in 2025. Peak: #96 in 2011 · most boys in one year: 3,958 (2009).
In 2025, 2,025 US boys were named Max, making it the 180th most common boys’ name of the year, down 5 places from #175 in 2024. That is 101 fewer than the 2,126 boys named Max in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #96, reached in 2011. The most boys given the name in a single year was 3,958, in 2009. For comparison, it was #117 in 2015 and #240 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Max in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 52 babies with the name. In all, 168,577 US babies have been given the name, 0.7% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 34,408 babies named Max.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 25,842 US boys were named Max; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 3,423. In 2025 that was about 1 in 843 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Max ranked highest in District of Columbia in 2025, at #41 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 2 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Maximiliano (23,972 babies since 1880), Maximilian (18,940 babies since 1880), Maxie (8,672 babies since 1880) and Maximillian (5,968 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Maxime, Maksymilian and Maximilien are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Maxie.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and Italian. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Maxime (1,153), Maksymilian (476), Maximilien (371), Massimiliano (359), Maks (339).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
Max is listed as a nickname for Maximilian, Maximillian, Maxine, Maxwell.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 5 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 18 | #41 | #40 |
| Alaska | 10 | #81 | #213 |
| New Jersey | 98 | #102 | #93 |
| North Dakota | 11 | #115 | #114 |
| New York | 156 | #118 | #85 |
| Utah | 44 | #121 | #57 |
| Montana | 11 | #121 | #155 |
| Massachusetts | 55 | #128 | #83 |
| California | 301 | #134 | #114 |
| Illinois | 87 | #136 | #99 |
| Rhode Island | 9 | #136 | #224 |
| Connecticut | 27 | #138 | #69 |
| Washington | 56 | #150 | #117 |
| Pennsylvania | 83 | #158 | #108 |
| Florida | 136 | #158 | #128 |
| Nebraska | 17 | #171 | #94 |
| Minnesota | 39 | #172 | #124 |
| Wisconsin | 35 | #179 | #127 |
| Maryland | 34 | #180 | #107 |
| South Dakota | 8 | #186 | #130 |
| New Mexico | 11 | #189 | #173 |
| Colorado | 35 | #197 | #157 |
| New Hampshire | 7 | #199 | #115 |
| Arizona | 41 | #206 | #124 |
| Oregon | 21 | #207 | #152 |
| Oklahoma | 24 | #209 | #113 |
| Missouri | 34 | #213 | #123 |
| Kansas | 19 | #213 | #112 |
| North Carolina | 58 | #214 | #179 |
| Virginia | 42 | #214 | #155 |
| Michigan | 45 | #222 | #132 |
| Maine | 6 | #225 | #144 |
| Arkansas | 16 | #228 | #148 |
| Kentucky | 24 | #233 | #197 |
| Ohio | 53 | #237 | #128 |
| Tennessee | 36 | #250 | #177 |
| Iowa | 16 | #254 | #109 |
| Georgia | 49 | #255 | #215 |
| Texas | 148 | #269 | #134 |
| Idaho | 10 | #270 | #93 |
| Indiana | 25 | #314 | #131 |
| Nevada | 10 | #318 | #159 |
| South Carolina | 15 | #365 | #175 |
| Louisiana | 13 | #388 | #144 |
| Alabama | 12 | #440 | #194 |
| Mississippi | 7 | #453 | #280 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #3,687 | 2,025 | #180 |
| 2024 | 45 | #3,492 | 2,126 | #175 |
| 2023 | 73 | #2,460 | 2,205 | #163 |
| 2022 | 52 | #3,148 | 2,389 | #157 |
| 2021 | 53 | #3,097 | 2,410 | #160 |
| 2020 | 71 | #2,462 | 2,486 | #147 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,859 | 2,755 | #137 |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,953 | 2,878 | #136 |
| 2017 | 42 | #3,677 | 3,145 | #128 |
| 2016 | 54 | #3,086 | 3,423 | #118 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,777 | 3,422 | #117 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,352 | 3,497 | #112 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,638 | 3,520 | #111 |
| 2012 | 15 | #8,066 | 3,697 | #105 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,957 | 3,956 | #96 |
| 2010 | 8 | #13,058 | 3,848 | #98 |
| 2009 | 11 | #10,421 | 3,958 | #104 |
| 2008 | 7 | #14,848 | 3,372 | #126 |
| 2007 | 9 | #12,318 | 2,882 | #141 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,699 | 2,643 | #160 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,971 | 2,494 | #165 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,561 | 2,481 | #164 |
| 2003 | 5 | #17,429 | 2,460 | #162 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,789 | 2,319 | #166 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,706 | 2,404 | #159 |
| 2000 | 8 | #11,423 | 2,355 | #165 |
| 1999 | — | — | 2,297 | #161 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,950 | 2,158 | #159 |
| 1997 | 7 | #11,627 | 1,698 | #194 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,599 | 1,489 | #208 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,361 | 1,565 | #195 |
| 1994 | 7 | #11,326 | 1,624 | #191 |
| 1993 | 9 | #9,236 | 1,888 | #169 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,502 | 1,877 | #170 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,847 | 1,829 | #175 |
| 1990 | — | — | 1,791 | #171 |
| 1989 | 11 | #7,276 | 1,606 | #185 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,988 | 1,386 | #197 |
| 1987 | 7 | #9,427 | 1,452 | #188 |
| 1986 | 7 | #9,182 | 923 | #243 |
| 1985 | 8 | #8,029 | 762 | #274 |
| 1984 | — | — | 632 | #308 |
| 1983 | 5 | #11,330 | 531 | #343 |
| 1982 | — | — | 462 | #375 |
| 1981 | — | — | 501 | #351 |
| 1980 | — | — | 486 | #362 |
| 1979 | — | — | 457 | #375 |
| 1978 | 6 | #9,280 | 414 | #383 |
| 1977 | — | — | 403 | #392 |
| 1976 | 5 | #10,261 | 410 | #381 |
| 1975 | — | — | 415 | #382 |
| 1974 | — | — | 413 | #381 |
| 1973 | — | — | 434 | #368 |
| 1972 | — | — | 390 | #396 |
| 1971 | — | — | 409 | #402 |
| 1970 | — | — | 486 | #370 |
| 1969 | — | — | 375 | #410 |
| 1968 | — | — | 414 | #382 |
| 1967 | — | — | 395 | #378 |
| 1966 | — | — | 448 | #355 |
| 1965 | 5 | #7,171 | 422 | #377 |
| 1964 | — | — | 525 | #343 |
| 1963 | — | — | 549 | #335 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,651 | 573 | #329 |
| 1961 | — | — | 653 | #304 |
| 1960 | — | — | 669 | #297 |
| 1959 | 6 | #6,008 | 691 | #299 |
| 1958 | — | — | 736 | #283 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,851 | 740 | #279 |
| 1956 | — | — | 748 | #265 |
| 1955 | — | — | 724 | #256 |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,319 | 743 | #260 |
| 1953 | 5 | #6,234 | 725 | #258 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,782 | 763 | #244 |
| 1951 | 6 | #5,223 | 805 | #238 |
| 1950 | — | — | 755 | #240 |
| 1949 | — | — | 761 | #235 |
| 1948 | — | — | 743 | #236 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,836 | 869 | #218 |
| 1946 | — | — | 841 | #204 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,905 | 803 | #189 |
| 1944 | — | — | 780 | #194 |
| 1943 | 5 | #5,124 | 875 | #186 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,468 | 971 | #170 |
| 1941 | — | — | 931 | #169 |
| 1940 | — | — | 952 | #165 |
| 1939 | — | — | 979 | #162 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,726 | 1,164 | #140 |
| 1937 | — | — | 1,106 | #141 |
| 1936 | — | — | 1,248 | #129 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,864 | 1,283 | #128 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,364 | 1,335 | #126 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,498 | 1,124 | #140 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,773 | 1,154 | #143 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,911 | 1,183 | #140 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,553 | 1,181 | #143 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,532 | 1,336 | #128 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,720 | 1,405 | #125 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,801 | 1,227 | #142 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,196 | 1,254 | #137 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,284 | 1,385 | #128 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,302 | 1,397 | #126 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,679 | 1,440 | #122 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,563 | 1,518 | #117 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,882 | 1,558 | #112 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,268 | 1,561 | #112 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,936 | 1,458 | #110 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,743 | 1,536 | #106 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,971 | 1,511 | #104 |
| 1916 | — | — | 1,493 | #105 |
| 1915 | — | — | 1,434 | #102 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,475 | 1,159 | #99 |
| 1913 | — | — | 897 | #101 |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,280 | 734 | #101 |
| 1911 | — | — | 360 | #106 |
| 1910 | — | — | 277 | #115 |
| 1909 | — | — | 228 | #122 |
| 1908 | — | — | 218 | #119 |
| 1907 | — | — | 197 | #122 |
| 1906 | — | — | 156 | #133 |
| 1905 | — | — | 140 | #149 |
| 1904 | — | — | 134 | #145 |
| 1903 | — | — | 110 | #161 |
| 1902 | — | — | 133 | #142 |
| 1901 | — | — | 110 | #148 |
| 1900 | — | — | 141 | #149 |
| 1899 | — | — | 127 | #126 |
| 1898 | — | — | 132 | #136 |
| 1897 | — | — | 122 | #133 |
| 1896 | — | — | 145 | #120 |
| 1895 | — | — | 95 | #165 |
| 1894 | — | — | 99 | #156 |
| 1893 | — | — | 107 | #141 |
| 1892 | — | — | 95 | #167 |
| 1891 | — | — | 91 | #145 |
| 1890 | — | — | 99 | #144 |
| 1889 | — | — | 83 | #163 |
| 1888 | — | — | 118 | #132 |
| 1887 | — | — | 73 | #174 |
| 1886 | — | — | 73 | #184 |
| 1885 | — | — | 71 | #185 |
| 1884 | — | — | 80 | #177 |
| 1883 | — | — | 75 | #163 |
| 1882 | — | — | 74 | #182 |
| 1881 | — | — | 66 | #177 |
| 1880 | — | — | 52 | #230 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).