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Max name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Max ranks #180 in male records (2,025 reported) and #3,687 in female records (41 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#3,687 · 41 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count decreased by 4 female records (45 to 41); rank moved from #3,492 to #3,687.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 12 female records (53 to 41); rank moved from #3,097 to #3,687.
2025 male rank and count
#180 · 2,025 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count decreased by 101 male records (2,126 to 2,025); rank moved from #175 to #180.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count decreased by 385 male records (2,410 to 2,025); rank moved from #160 to #180.
Peak year in available data
2016: 3,423 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Max becoming more popular?

Max's reported male count decreased by 101 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #175 to #180. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Max in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for MaxFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.3,4230201620252016: 54 female records2017: 42 female records2018: 56 female records2019: 28 female records2020: 71 female records2021: 53 female records2022: 52 female records2023: 73 female records2024: 45 female records2025: 41 female records2016: 3,423 male records2017: 3,145 male records2018: 2,878 male records2019: 2,755 male records2020: 2,486 male records2021: 2,410 male records2022: 2,389 male records2023: 2,205 male records2024: 2,126 male records2025: 2,025 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025413,6872,025180
2024453,4922,126175
2023732,4602,205163
2022523,1482,389157
2021533,0972,410160
2020712,4622,486147
2019284,8592,755137
2018562,9532,878136
2017423,6773,145128
2016543,0863,423118

Questions about Max’s popularity

How common is Max in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Max ranks #180 in male records (2,025 reported) and #3,687 in female records (41 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Max?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Max only.

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