How popular is the name Maximus?

Maximus ranks 596th among boys' names in US records, with 33,420 births since 1997. Over the past decade it accounts for 15,700.

Is Maximus a unisex name?

No. Maximus is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2014, when 2,137 children were given the name. It has been in use for 28 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Boy name#596 of boy names

Pronounced M AE1 K S AH0 M AH0 S (ARPABET)

Maximus is a boys' name, and first appears in 1997. It has been given to 33,420 children — the 596th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2014, when 2,137 children were given it.

2014Boys: 2,137Girls: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Maximus?: Maximus ranks 596th among boys' names in US records, with 33,420 births since 1997. Over the past decade it accounts for 15,700.
Is Maximus a unisex name?: No. Maximus is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Maximus most popular?: 2014, when 2,137 children were given the name. It has been in use for 28 years and is still recorded as of 2024.