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Maxwell: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,924 in 2025. Its best rank was #106 in 1999.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #106 in 1999; #189 in 2025. About 99% of babies named Maxwell in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#189 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1999, at #106.
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Maxwell: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,924 boys in 2025. Peak: #106 in 1999 · most boys in one year: 3,739 (2014).
In 2025, 1,924 US boys were named Maxwell, making it the 189th most common boys’ name of the year, down 7 places from #182 in 2024. That is 100 fewer than the 2,024 boys named Maxwell in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #106, reached in 1999. The most boys given the name in a single year was 3,739, in 2014. For comparison, it was #113 in 2015 and #867 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Maxwell in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 9 babies. In all, 109,467 US babies have been given the name, 0.7% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 32,805 babies named Maxwell.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 25,226 US boys were named Maxwell; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 3,585. In 2025 that was about 1 in 888 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Maxwell ranked highest in District of Columbia in 2025, at #57 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 5 states (counting DC). Rarer spellings such as Maxwel and Maxwill are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Max.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Maxwel (267), Maxwill (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 6 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 14 | #57 | #58 |
| Rhode Island | 17 | #58 | #92 |
| Utah | 55 | #92 | #52 |
| Connecticut | 39 | #93 | #67 |
| New Hampshire | 16 | #97 | #101 |
| Massachusetts | 65 | #110 | #63 |
| Maine | 12 | #114 | #86 |
| Vermont | 5 | #117 | #119 |
| Wisconsin | 51 | #121 | #65 |
| Minnesota | 48 | #138 | #53 |
| Michigan | 74 | #139 | #84 |
| Maryland | 40 | #148 | #88 |
| Missouri | 47 | #150 | #84 |
| Colorado | 46 | #156 | #117 |
| Ohio | 89 | #156 | #83 |
| Alaska | 6 | #160 | #144 |
| Indiana | 52 | #161 | #95 |
| Washington | 52 | #165 | #91 |
| Virginia | 55 | #166 | #135 |
| Illinois | 71 | #167 | #100 |
| Pennsylvania | 78 | #168 | #82 |
| New York | 113 | #170 | #98 |
| Kentucky | 32 | #177 | #125 |
| Iowa | 24 | #178 | #98 |
| North Carolina | 69 | #183 | #187 |
| California | 198 | #190 | #135 |
| Montana | 7 | #191 | #112 |
| New Jersey | 51 | #193 | #96 |
| Oregon | 22 | #195 | #105 |
| Kansas | 19 | #214 | #175 |
| Georgia | 56 | #221 | #179 |
| Nevada | 14 | #223 | #133 |
| Nebraska | 12 | #225 | #144 |
| Delaware | 5 | #234 | #120 |
| Alabama | 23 | #249 | #190 |
| Tennessee | 36 | #251 | #180 |
| Arizona | 32 | #255 | #138 |
| Arkansas | 14 | #263 | #275 |
| Florida | 76 | #274 | #177 |
| Oklahoma | 18 | #275 | #156 |
| West Virginia | 6 | #321 | #208 |
| Idaho | 8 | #322 | #188 |
| Texas | 110 | #347 | #206 |
| Louisiana | 15 | #349 | #225 |
| South Carolina | 15 | #366 | #183 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,375 | 1,924 | #189 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,851 | 2,024 | #182 |
| 2023 | 44 | #3,559 | 1,992 | #182 |
| 2022 | 52 | #3,149 | 2,183 | #173 |
| 2021 | 49 | #3,283 | 2,380 | #162 |
| 2020 | 54 | #2,997 | 2,513 | #146 |
| 2019 | 56 | #2,951 | 2,637 | #147 |
| 2018 | 61 | #2,803 | 2,907 | #134 |
| 2017 | 66 | #2,650 | 3,081 | #133 |
| 2016 | 60 | #2,851 | 3,585 | #111 |
| 2015 | 40 | #3,824 | 3,553 | #113 |
| 2014 | 34 | #4,329 | 3,739 | #107 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,253 | 3,643 | #108 |
| 2012 | 8 | #13,023 | 3,233 | #114 |
| 2011 | — | — | 3,056 | #133 |
| 2010 | 5 | #18,874 | 3,015 | #133 |
| 2009 | — | — | 3,080 | #132 |
| 2008 | 5 | #19,464 | 3,058 | #134 |
| 2007 | 6 | #16,857 | 2,713 | #153 |
| 2006 | 5 | #19,048 | 2,792 | #149 |
| 2005 | — | — | 2,810 | #140 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,693 | 2,927 | #136 |
| 2003 | 8 | #12,008 | 3,086 | #132 |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,782 | 3,036 | #129 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,965 | 3,183 | #124 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,657 | 3,364 | #113 |
| 1999 | — | — | 3,338 | #106 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,767 | 2,791 | #136 |
| 1997 | — | — | 2,317 | #148 |
| 1996 | 5 | #14,982 | 1,901 | #177 |
| 1995 | 5 | #14,908 | 1,838 | #178 |
| 1994 | 8 | #10,179 | 1,719 | #182 |
| 1993 | 8 | #10,212 | 1,781 | #182 |
| 1992 | — | — | 1,876 | #171 |
| 1991 | 5 | #14,553 | 1,724 | #188 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,953 | 1,624 | #189 |
| 1989 | 5 | #13,743 | 1,401 | #205 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,947 | 1,208 | #217 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,470 | 1,018 | #231 |
| 1986 | — | — | 608 | #327 |
| 1985 | — | — | 467 | #383 |
| 1984 | — | — | 299 | #484 |
| 1983 | — | — | 220 | #571 |
| 1982 | — | — | 190 | #629 |
| 1981 | — | — | 208 | #595 |
| 1980 | — | — | 189 | #635 |
| 1979 | — | — | 150 | #699 |
| 1978 | — | — | 117 | #783 |
| 1977 | — | — | 122 | #772 |
| 1976 | — | — | 95 | #858 |
| 1975 | — | — | 102 | #826 |
| 1974 | — | — | 86 | #865 |
| 1973 | — | — | 94 | #822 |
| 1972 | — | — | 74 | #933 |
| 1971 | — | — | 56 | #1,097 |
| 1970 | — | — | 71 | #954 |
| 1969 | — | — | 79 | #865 |
| 1968 | — | — | 71 | #864 |
| 1967 | — | — | 57 | #963 |
| 1966 | — | — | 64 | #909 |
| 1965 | — | — | 65 | #923 |
| 1964 | — | — | 61 | #977 |
| 1963 | — | — | 64 | #943 |
| 1962 | — | — | 58 | #1,011 |
| 1961 | — | — | 54 | #1,064 |
| 1960 | — | — | 59 | #1,004 |
| 1959 | — | — | 81 | #841 |
| 1958 | — | — | 59 | #998 |
| 1957 | — | — | 66 | #933 |
| 1956 | — | — | 82 | #827 |
| 1955 | — | — | 90 | #768 |
| 1954 | — | — | 78 | #824 |
| 1953 | — | — | 66 | #886 |
| 1952 | — | — | 73 | #827 |
| 1951 | — | — | 65 | #873 |
| 1950 | — | — | 63 | #867 |
| 1949 | — | — | 59 | #902 |
| 1948 | — | — | 59 | #897 |
| 1947 | — | — | 66 | #858 |
| 1946 | — | — | 82 | #724 |
| 1945 | — | — | 52 | #874 |
| 1944 | — | — | 69 | #751 |
| 1943 | — | — | 66 | #812 |
| 1942 | — | — | 64 | #811 |
| 1941 | — | — | 65 | #775 |
| 1940 | — | — | 59 | #816 |
| 1939 | — | — | 69 | #722 |
| 1938 | — | — | 74 | #713 |
| 1937 | — | — | 53 | #840 |
| 1936 | — | — | 59 | #804 |
| 1935 | — | — | 75 | #700 |
| 1934 | — | — | 68 | #744 |
| 1933 | — | — | 68 | #743 |
| 1932 | — | — | 89 | #640 |
| 1931 | — | — | 84 | #655 |
| 1930 | — | — | 98 | #624 |
| 1929 | — | — | 127 | #521 |
| 1928 | — | — | 116 | #572 |
| 1927 | — | — | 103 | #617 |
| 1926 | — | — | 87 | #681 |
| 1925 | — | — | 113 | #593 |
| 1924 | — | — | 117 | #588 |
| 1923 | — | — | 124 | #559 |
| 1922 | — | — | 142 | #519 |
| 1921 | — | — | 109 | #605 |
| 1920 | — | — | 120 | #569 |
| 1919 | — | — | 134 | #514 |
| 1918 | — | — | 150 | #488 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,591 | 147 | #471 |
| 1916 | — | — | 147 | #473 |
| 1915 | — | — | 176 | #404 |
| 1914 | — | — | 132 | #415 |
| 1913 | — | — | 121 | #385 |
| 1912 | — | — | 113 | #366 |
| 1911 | — | — | 49 | #410 |
| 1910 | — | — | 41 | #429 |
| 1909 | — | — | 29 | #481 |
| 1908 | — | — | 27 | #483 |
| 1907 | — | — | 22 | #504 |
| 1906 | — | — | 29 | #405 |
| 1905 | — | — | 23 | #473 |
| 1904 | — | — | 17 | #553 |
| 1903 | — | — | 17 | #542 |
| 1902 | — | — | 26 | #401 |
| 1901 | — | — | 18 | #461 |
| 1900 | — | — | 22 | #503 |
| 1899 | — | — | 12 | #602 |
| 1898 | — | — | 16 | #533 |
| 1897 | — | — | 21 | #419 |
| 1896 | — | — | 16 | #527 |
| 1895 | — | — | 13 | #594 |
| 1894 | — | — | 8 | #835 |
| 1893 | — | — | 13 | #560 |
| 1892 | — | — | 10 | #731 |
| 1891 | — | — | 7 | #816 |
| 1890 | — | — | 15 | #502 |
| 1889 | — | — | 11 | #610 |
| 1888 | — | — | 7 | #885 |
| 1887 | — | — | 7 | #802 |
| 1886 | — | — | 6 | #926 |
| 1885 | — | — | 8 | #742 |
| 1884 | — | — | 8 | #737 |
| 1883 | — | — | 10 | #622 |
| 1882 | — | — | 6 | #912 |
| 1880 | — | — | 9 | #668 |
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).