Maksim

#2,451 for boys in 2025, 55 births

Peak · boys
2011 · 204 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,678
since 1993

Maksim over time

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Rank among boys' names. Maksim has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #967, 2011boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
2025#2,45155
2024#1,92182
2023#1,99976
2022#1,89283
2021#1,82385
2020#1,84980
2019#1,624101
2018#1,401125
2017#1,300139
2016#1,266144
2015#1,174158
2014#1,329131
2013#1,174153
2012#1,135161
2011#967204
2010#1,082178
2009#1,143160
2008#1,294134
2007#1,488107
2006#2,12661
2005#2,46746
2004#2,48944
2003#2,62038
2002#3,18828
2001#3,97420
2000#3,42324
1999#5,31712
1998#4,19716
1997#8,1106
1996#7,9716
1995#6,9927
1994#6,3728
1993#7,6386
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First appearance
1993

The first year at least five boys were named Maksim! It came in at #7,638, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1993–1997, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.

Where Maksim is popular in 2015

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedNHWashington: #755 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,254 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,075 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 9,484 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedWIMichigan: #758 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,307 boysMINew York: #1,005 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 8,570 boysNYMassachusetts: #561 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,223 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedRIOregon: #634 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,627 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedINOhio: #837 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 6,699 boysOHPennsylvania: #801 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 6,647 boysPANew Jersey: #850 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,932 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,211 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 14,144 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedWVVirginia: #990 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,484 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedHITexas: #1,445 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 17,098 boysTXFlorida: #1,032 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 8,941 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Massachusetts#561 · 1 in 4,223
  2. Oregon#634 · 1 in 3,627
  3. Washington#755 · 1 in 5,254
  4. Michigan#758 · 1 in 5,307
  5. Pennsylvania#801 · 1 in 6,647

Best ever in a state: #396 in Washington, 2010.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Massachusetts#56171 in 4,223
Oregon#63451 in 3,627
Washington#75571 in 5,254
Michigan#75891 in 5,307
Pennsylvania#80191 in 6,647
Ohio#83791 in 6,699
New Jersey#85061 in 6,932
Virginia#99051 in 8,484
New York#1,005121 in 8,570
Florida#1,032111 in 8,941
Illinois#1,07571 in 9,484
California#1,211161 in 14,144
Texas#1,445111 in 17,098
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Maksim
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 530 spots since 2024 (#1,921#2,451)
  • 602 spots since 2020 (#1,849#2,451)
  • 1,277 spots since 2015 (#1,174#2,451)
  • Biggest jump: 115 spots in 2011 (#1,082#967)
  • Biggest drop: 168 spots in 2012 (#967#1,135)
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1993
  • Peaked 2011 at #967 (204 births)
  • Births halved by 2019, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 2011
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,310
  • Highest: 1 in 9,310 boys born in 2011 were named Maksim (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 31,056 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 55.8% of all boys named Maksim (1,494) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s61#4,197 (1998)#6,657
2000s662#1,143 (2009)#2,421
2010s1,494#967 (2011)#1,245
2020s461#1,823 (2021)#1,989

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Maksim in 2015

boys
#1,174
158 births · 1 in 12,131 boys

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #1,174Maksim158
More about 2015

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 12,131 of them was named Maksim, which outranked 91.6% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maksim
  1. #1,168Ledger159
  2. #1,168Slade159
  3. #1,168Tiago159
  4. #1,174Maksim158
  5. #1,174Amar158
  6. #1,174Ansel158
  7. #1,174Broderick158
  8. #1,182Dhruv157
  9. #1,182Jorden157
  10. #1,182Kent157

Tied with 7 names at #1,174; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. 1,348Riaan#2,277#929
  2. 397Huxley#1,355#958
  3. 355Wilder#1,313#958
  4. 284Jaziel#1,218#934
  5. 268Canaan#1,074#806
Fallers
  1. 676Arnav#891#1,567
  2. 262Jayse#906#1,168
  3. 239Neymar#551#790
  4. 228Rylee#877#1,105
  5. 204Johnathon#915#1,119

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2015