Meaning not yet researched.
Maximilian: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 497 in 2025. Its best rank was #429 in 2013.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #429 in 2013; #590 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Maximilian in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#590 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2013, at #429.
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Maximilian: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 497 boys in 2025. Peak: #429 in 2013 · most boys in one year: 717 (2016).
In 2025, 497 US boys were named Maximilian, making it the 590th most common boys’ name of the year, down 3 places from #587 in 2024. That is 10 more than the 487 boys named Maximilian in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #429, reached in 2013. The most boys given the name in a single year was 717, in 2016. For comparison, it was #438 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Maximilian in 82 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1907 with 5 babies. In all, 18,940 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 6,508 babies named Maximilian.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5,765 US boys were named Maximilian; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 717. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,437 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Maximilian ranked highest in Connecticut in 2025, at #315 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Max (168,577 babies since 1880), Maximus (34,679 babies since 1880), Maximiliano (23,972 babies since 1880) and Maxie (8,672 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Maximillion, Maxamillian and Maxmilian are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Max.
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.
Rare spellings summarised here: Maximillion (675), Maxamillian (175), Maxmilian (134), Maxamilian (83), Maximillan (57), Maxymilian (26), Maximillien (6), Maximilan (6), Maximilion (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 28 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 10 | #315 | #230 |
| Illinois | 33 | #331 | #292 |
| Washington | 21 | #359 | #452 |
| New York | 42 | #415 | #317 |
| Massachusetts | 12 | #428 | #375 |
| California | 74 | #436 | #303 |
| Maryland | 11 | #461 | #682 |
| Wisconsin | 11 | #466 | #342 |
| Virginia | 16 | #486 | #531 |
| Kansas | 7 | #504 | — |
| Georgia | 19 | #557 | #512 |
| Colorado | 10 | #561 | #536 |
| New Jersey | 13 | #564 | #325 |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | #597 | #469 |
| Florida | 28 | #613 | #424 |
| Arizona | 11 | #616 | #417 |
| Michigan | 13 | #626 | #418 |
| Ohio | 13 | #697 | #387 |
| Indiana | 9 | #699 | #468 |
| Texas | 40 | #705 | #546 |
| Utah | 5 | #774 | — |
| Minnesota | 5 | #894 | #381 |
| North Carolina | 9 | #916 | #807 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 497 | #590 |
| 2024 | — | — | 487 | #587 |
| 2023 | — | — | 518 | #561 |
| 2022 | — | — | 523 | #567 |
| 2021 | — | — | 533 | #548 |
| 2020 | — | — | 595 | #493 |
| 2019 | — | — | 571 | #502 |
| 2018 | — | — | 672 | #448 |
| 2017 | — | — | 652 | #464 |
| 2016 | — | — | 717 | #433 |
| 2015 | — | — | 698 | #438 |
| 2014 | — | — | 668 | #446 |
| 2013 | — | — | 676 | #429 |
| 2012 | — | — | 590 | #460 |
| 2011 | — | — | 632 | #432 |
| 2010 | — | — | 632 | #435 |
| 2009 | — | — | 574 | #476 |
| 2008 | — | — | 593 | #465 |
| 2007 | — | — | 512 | #514 |
| 2006 | — | — | 498 | #519 |
| 2005 | — | — | 498 | #497 |
| 2004 | — | — | 474 | #514 |
| 2003 | — | — | 486 | #503 |
| 2002 | — | — | 481 | #482 |
| 2001 | — | — | 493 | #478 |
| 2000 | — | — | 492 | #478 |
| 1999 | — | — | 435 | #499 |
| 1998 | — | — | 402 | #519 |
| 1997 | — | — | 331 | #567 |
| 1996 | — | — | 285 | #613 |
| 1995 | — | — | 280 | #614 |
| 1994 | — | — | 253 | #654 |
| 1993 | — | — | 206 | #723 |
| 1992 | — | — | 206 | #719 |
| 1991 | — | — | 193 | #734 |
| 1990 | — | — | 170 | #779 |
| 1989 | — | — | 180 | #739 |
| 1988 | — | — | 146 | #782 |
| 1987 | — | — | 166 | #710 |
| 1986 | — | — | 116 | #843 |
| 1985 | — | — | 82 | #1,010 |
| 1984 | — | — | 60 | #1,184 |
| 1983 | — | — | 60 | #1,175 |
| 1982 | — | — | 41 | #1,531 |
| 1981 | — | — | 38 | #1,590 |
| 1980 | — | — | 39 | #1,560 |
| 1979 | — | — | 31 | #1,817 |
| 1978 | — | — | 32 | #1,709 |
| 1977 | — | — | 35 | #1,596 |
| 1976 | — | — | 32 | #1,665 |
| 1975 | — | — | 28 | #1,773 |
| 1974 | — | — | 19 | #2,248 |
| 1973 | — | — | 26 | #1,760 |
| 1972 | — | — | 13 | #2,764 |
| 1971 | — | — | 18 | #2,247 |
| 1970 | — | — | 26 | #1,733 |
| 1969 | — | — | 18 | #2,024 |
| 1968 | — | — | 22 | #1,716 |
| 1967 | — | — | 14 | #2,220 |
| 1966 | — | — | 12 | #2,411 |
| 1965 | — | — | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1964 | — | — | 9 | #2,986 |
| 1963 | — | — | 8 | #3,235 |
| 1962 | — | — | 8 | #3,214 |
| 1960 | — | — | 5 | #4,405 |
| 1959 | — | — | 5 | #4,365 |
| 1958 | — | — | 7 | #3,471 |
| 1942 | — | — | 5 | #3,889 |
| 1939 | — | — | 6 | #3,358 |
| 1935 | — | — | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1926 | — | — | 6 | #4,035 |
| 1924 | — | — | 7 | #3,721 |
| 1922 | — | — | 9 | #3,160 |
| 1921 | — | — | 7 | #3,755 |
| 1920 | — | — | 10 | #2,897 |
| 1919 | — | — | 6 | #4,020 |
| 1918 | — | — | 9 | #3,021 |
| 1917 | — | — | 11 | #2,515 |
| 1916 | — | — | 9 | #2,858 |
| 1915 | — | — | 7 | #3,275 |
| 1914 | — | — | 12 | #1,932 |
| 1907 | — | — | 5 | #1,477 |
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).