Maximilian

What Maximilian means

German, meaning “the greatest”

Saint's name from Latin Maximilianus, a derivative of Maximus "the greatest".

Source: Wiktionary, “Maximilian” (revision 93051579), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Maximilian?

US: Falling: down from #438 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #160 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2016, when 717 boys got the name (#432 that year). First in the US records in 1907.

How common

• About 1 in 3,437 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,110 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,637 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in CT (0.76 per 1,000 boys), IL (0.67 per 1,000 boys), WA (0.64 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Maximilian is #590 in the US and #206 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Maximilian were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Maximillian86 US · 18 E&W
• Maximillion13 US
• Maximilien8 US · 5 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Maximilian

Boys

• Sebastian#16“august, venerable, exalted”^*
• Lukas#288“a man from Lucania”^*
• Magnus#763“great”^*
• Julian#25“Roman personal name”^*
• Blaze#781Editor’s note Down from #707 in 2015 to #781 in 2025 in the US
• Titus#358“honorable”^*

For a sister

• Olivia#1“olive; olive branch”^*
• Livia#819Editor’s note Down from #724 in 2015 to #819 in 2025 in the US
• Annabelle#343Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #92 in 2015, #343 in 2025
• Lilianna#890Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1980, with 6 babies
• Lillian#57possibly “lily”^*
• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Maximilian’s. Rank is US 2025.