Meaning not yet researched.
Maxine: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 597 in 2025. Its best rank was #76 in 1923.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #76 in 1923; #497 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Maxine in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#497 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1923, at #76.
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Maxine: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 597 girls in 2025. Peak: #76 in 1923 · most girls in one year: 3,659 (1924).
In 2025, 597 US girls were named Maxine, making it the 497th most common girls’ name of the year, up 22 places from #519 in 2024. That is 2 more than the 595 girls named Maxine in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #76, reached in 1923. The most girls given the name in a single year was 3,659, in 1924. For comparison, it was #1,108 in 2015 and #213 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Maxine in 139 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1884 with 8 babies. In all, 115,989 US babies have been given the name, 99.6% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 33,872 babies named Maxine.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,332 US girls were named Maxine; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 597. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,692 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Maxine ranked highest in Hawaii in 2025, at #152 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Maxx (4,189 babies since 1880) and Maxon (1,466 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Maxcine, Maxen and Maxene are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Max.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English and French. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Maxcine (1,083), Maxen (517), Maxene (506), Maxi (309), Maxima (186), Maxyne (87), Maxin (54), Maximiliana (33), Maxiene (22), Maxyn (22), Maxinne (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 girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 20 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 6 | #152 | — |
| Washington | 26 | #283 | #1,057 |
| Oregon | 13 | #287 | #766 |
| Wisconsin | 17 | #322 | #507 |
| California | 101 | #323 | #737 |
| Idaho | 7 | #337 | — |
| Indiana | 21 | #342 | — |
| Massachusetts | 17 | #346 | — |
| Minnesota | 15 | #368 | #738 |
| Nebraska | 6 | #376 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 28 | #397 | #1,347 |
| Ohio | 28 | #410 | #1,036 |
| Maryland | 12 | #451 | #857 |
| Arizona | 15 | #468 | — |
| Missouri | 13 | #470 | — |
| Illinois | 22 | #480 | #961 |
| Kansas | 7 | #482 | — |
| Michigan | 16 | #515 | — |
| New York | 32 | #528 | #1,187 |
| North Carolina | 20 | #555 | — |
| Utah | 7 | #584 | #685 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | #594 | #727 |
| Kentucky | 7 | #632 | — |
| Virginia | 12 | #643 | #1,170 |
| New Jersey | 11 | #697 | — |
| Texas | 41 | #737 | #1,300 |
| Georgia | 12 | #839 | #1,452 |
| Tennessee | 8 | #863 | — |
| Louisiana | 5 | #866 | — |
| Colorado | 6 | #869 | — |
| Florida | 17 | #944 | #1,777 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 597 | #497 | — | — |
| 2024 | 595 | #519 | — | — |
| 2023 | 591 | #514 | — | — |
| 2022 | 483 | #615 | — | — |
| 2021 | 410 | #703 | — | — |
| 2020 | 370 | #742 | — | — |
| 2019 | 347 | #798 | — | — |
| 2018 | 319 | #851 | — | — |
| 2017 | 311 | #880 | — | — |
| 2016 | 309 | #901 | — | — |
| 2015 | 234 | #1,108 | — | — |
| 2014 | 204 | #1,196 | — | — |
| 2013 | 238 | #1,043 | — | — |
| 2012 | 188 | #1,278 | — | — |
| 2011 | 159 | #1,430 | — | — |
| 2010 | 161 | #1,424 | — | — |
| 2009 | 139 | #1,617 | — | — |
| 2008 | 142 | #1,603 | — | — |
| 2007 | 138 | #1,619 | — | — |
| 2006 | 129 | #1,648 | — | — |
| 2005 | 139 | #1,504 | — | — |
| 2004 | 150 | #1,392 | — | — |
| 2003 | 166 | #1,264 | — | — |
| 2002 | 183 | #1,140 | — | — |
| 2001 | 206 | #1,043 | — | — |
| 2000 | 178 | #1,146 | — | — |
| 1999 | 165 | #1,182 | — | — |
| 1998 | 187 | #1,054 | — | — |
| 1997 | 182 | #1,052 | — | — |
| 1996 | 195 | #978 | — | — |
| 1995 | 181 | #1,019 | — | — |
| 1994 | 206 | #920 | — | — |
| 1993 | 200 | #948 | — | — |
| 1992 | 196 | #977 | — | — |
| 1991 | 200 | #950 | — | — |
| 1990 | 173 | #1,041 | — | — |
| 1989 | 173 | #1,001 | — | — |
| 1988 | 194 | #899 | — | — |
| 1987 | 157 | #1,001 | — | — |
| 1986 | 125 | #1,146 | — | — |
| 1985 | 133 | #1,093 | — | — |
| 1984 | 119 | #1,148 | — | — |
| 1983 | 110 | #1,186 | — | — |
| 1982 | 115 | #1,190 | — | — |
| 1981 | 121 | #1,136 | — | — |
| 1980 | 110 | #1,201 | — | — |
| 1979 | 120 | #1,123 | — | — |
| 1978 | 143 | #973 | — | — |
| 1977 | 120 | #1,084 | — | — |
| 1976 | 114 | #1,076 | — | — |
| 1975 | 128 | #972 | — | — |
| 1974 | 132 | #943 | — | — |
| 1973 | 162 | #813 | — | — |
| 1972 | 163 | #817 | — | — |
| 1971 | 197 | #749 | — | — |
| 1970 | 262 | #632 | — | — |
| 1969 | 237 | #647 | — | — |
| 1968 | 257 | #601 | — | — |
| 1967 | 288 | #555 | — | — |
| 1966 | 366 | #490 | — | — |
| 1965 | 424 | #464 | — | — |
| 1964 | 446 | #460 | — | — |
| 1963 | 499 | #434 | — | — |
| 1962 | 572 | #403 | — | — |
| 1961 | 628 | #383 | — | — |
| 1960 | 592 | #390 | — | — |
| 1959 | 698 | #359 | — | — |
| 1958 | 687 | #351 | — | — |
| 1957 | 773 | #329 | — | — |
| 1956 | 892 | #300 | — | — |
| 1955 | 870 | #294 | — | — |
| 1954 | 989 | #265 | — | — |
| 1953 | 1,172 | #234 | — | — |
| 1952 | 1,160 | #230 | — | — |
| 1951 | 1,247 | #218 | 8 | #2,987 |
| 1950 | 1,254 | #213 | 5 | #4,016 |
| 1949 | 1,329 | #204 | 6 | #3,573 |
| 1948 | 1,522 | #181 | — | — |
| 1947 | 1,584 | #181 | — | — |
| 1946 | 1,544 | #172 | 6 | #3,402 |
| 1945 | 1,449 | #162 | 5 | #3,619 |
| 1944 | 1,603 | #153 | 11 | #2,271 |
| 1943 | 1,754 | #153 | 12 | #2,246 |
| 1942 | 1,750 | #148 | — | — |
| 1941 | 1,750 | #139 | 10 | #2,436 |
| 1940 | 1,785 | #137 | 11 | #2,269 |
| 1939 | 1,774 | #137 | 11 | #2,251 |
| 1938 | 1,824 | #130 | 12 | #2,146 |
| 1937 | 1,730 | #136 | 13 | #2,060 |
| 1936 | 1,828 | #127 | 12 | #2,140 |
| 1935 | 1,926 | #120 | 15 | #1,895 |
| 1934 | 2,018 | #114 | 12 | #2,212 |
| 1933 | 2,061 | #110 | 9 | #2,665 |
| 1932 | 2,223 | #110 | 11 | #2,414 |
| 1931 | 2,392 | #101 | 9 | #2,804 |
| 1930 | 2,700 | #93 | 16 | #1,937 |
| 1929 | 2,994 | #85 | 11 | #2,548 |
| 1928 | 3,124 | #84 | 21 | #1,681 |
| 1927 | 3,094 | #87 | 7 | #3,675 |
| 1926 | 3,150 | #85 | 15 | #2,157 |
| 1925 | 3,538 | #79 | 15 | #2,149 |
| 1924 | 3,659 | #77 | 13 | #2,429 |
| 1923 | 3,603 | #76 | 11 | #2,718 |
| 1922 | 3,444 | #82 | 11 | #2,746 |
| 1921 | 3,630 | #77 | 14 | #2,332 |
| 1920 | 3,507 | #81 | 11 | #2,711 |
| 1919 | 3,183 | #85 | 11 | #2,611 |
| 1918 | 3,216 | #87 | 10 | #2,818 |
| 1917 | 2,647 | #93 | — | — |
| 1916 | 2,424 | #96 | 12 | #2,351 |
| 1915 | 2,110 | #98 | 9 | #2,752 |
| 1914 | 1,396 | #114 | — | — |
| 1913 | 1,073 | #119 | 5 | #3,107 |
| 1912 | 823 | #134 | 7 | #2,179 |
| 1911 | 531 | #152 | — | — |
| 1910 | 397 | #171 | — | — |
| 1909 | 332 | #179 | — | — |
| 1908 | 220 | #228 | — | — |
| 1907 | 219 | #222 | — | — |
| 1906 | 173 | #247 | — | — |
| 1905 | 135 | #286 | — | — |
| 1904 | 84 | #359 | — | — |
| 1903 | 70 | #380 | — | — |
| 1902 | 62 | #396 | — | — |
| 1901 | 46 | #437 | — | — |
| 1900 | 68 | #404 | — | — |
| 1899 | 34 | #513 | — | — |
| 1898 | 31 | #584 | — | — |
| 1897 | 26 | #610 | — | — |
| 1896 | 14 | #890 | — | — |
| 1895 | 12 | #964 | — | — |
| 1894 | 13 | #887 | — | — |
| 1893 | 17 | #733 | — | — |
| 1892 | 8 | #1,145 | — | — |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,170 | — | — |
| 1890 | 11 | #859 | — | — |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,102 | — | — |
| 1885 | 6 | #1,005 | — | — |
| 1884 | 8 | #831 | — | — |
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).