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Maximus name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Maximus ranks #276 in male records (1,249 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
No published 2025 observation. A missing observation is not zero.
2025 male rank and count
#276 · 1,249 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count increased by 204 male records (1,045 to 1,249); rank moved from #331 to #276.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count decreased by 68 male records (1,317 to 1,249); rank moved from #262 to #276.
Peak year in available data
2016: 2,129 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Maximus becoming more popular?

Maximus's reported male count increased by 204 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #331 to #276. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

The 2025 file has no published female observation for Maximus. That is not a count of zero.

Maximus 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 MaximusFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.2,1290201620252017: 5 female records2016: 2,129 male records2017: 1,964 male records2018: 1,820 male records2019: 1,647 male records2020: 1,407 male records2021: 1,317 male records2022: 1,274 male records2023: 1,041 male records2024: 1,045 male records2025: 1,249 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
2025——1,249276
2024——1,045331
2023——1,041319
2022——1,274270
2021——1,317262
2020——1,407251
2019——1,647228
2018——1,820212
2017517,5391,964201
2016——2,129187

Questions about Maximus’s popularity

How common is Maximus in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Maximus ranks #276 in male records (1,249 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 Maximus?

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

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