Maximus

What Maximus means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Maximus yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1997, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Maximus?

US: Falling: down from #197 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #181 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2016, when 2,129 boys got the name (#187 that year). First in the US records in 1997.

How common

• About 1 in 1,368 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,193 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,910 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 HI (2.4 per 1,000 boys), NV (2.04 per 1,000 boys), ND (1.49 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Maximus is #275 in the US and #219 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 Maximus were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Maximos16 US · 21 E&W
• Maxximus8 US

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 Maximus

Boys

• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025
• Xander#259Diminutive of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Carson#124“rock”^*
• Simon#230“sixpence coin”^*
• Malachi#134“my messenger”^*
• Aiden#62Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*

For a sister

• Nevaeh#165From the word “heaven”^*
• Lily#18Diminutive of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Sophia#5“wisdom”^*
• Serenity#129Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #129 vs #997 in 2025
• Mia#6Editor’s note Steady in the US: #6 in 2015 and #6 in 2025. About 1 in 150 US girls in the 2025 records
• Lillian#57possibly “lily”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Maximus’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.