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

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202023peak #967, 2011boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
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 2023

  • 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: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: #609 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 3,344 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedMINew York: #1,783 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 17,154 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedORNevada: 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: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,854 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 22,484 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: fewer than 5 boys named Maksim, so not publishedVAMaryland: 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: #2,628 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 35,481 boysTXFlorida: #1,349 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 11,778 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Illinois#609 · 1 in 3,344
  2. Florida#1,349 · 1 in 11,778
  3. New York#1,783 · 1 in 17,154
  4. California#1,854 · 1 in 22,484
  5. Texas#2,628 · 1 in 35,481

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

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Illinois#609151 in 3,344
Florida#1,34981 in 11,778
New York#1,78351 in 17,154
California#1,85481 in 22,484
Texas#2,62851 in 35,481
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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 2023

boys
#1,999
76 births · 1 in 22,508 boys

Top boys' names in 2023

  1. #1Liam20,904
  2. #2Noah19,116
  3. #3Oliver14,792
  4. #4James11,739
  5. #5Elijah11,523
  6. #6Mateo11,293
  7. #7Theodore11,093
  8. #8Henry10,996
  9. #9Lucas10,890
  10. #10William10,673
  11. #1,999Maksim76
More about 2023

boys

1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 22,508 of them was named Maksim, which outranked 85.9% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maksim
  1. #1,986Masai77
  2. #1,986Santiel77
  3. #1,986Savior77
  4. #1,999Maksim76
  5. #1,999Baruch76
  6. #1,999Baylen76
  7. #1,999Bodi76
  8. #2,014Aziah75
  9. #2,014Cy75
  10. #2,014Daryl75

Tied with 14 names at #1,999; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2022
Risers
  1. ↑ 858Izael#1,665 → #807
  2. ↑ 662Chozen#1,479 → #817
  3. ↑ 589Eiden#1,479 → #890
  4. ↑ 409Cassian#938 → #529
  5. ↑ 385Kyren#1,322 → #937
Fallers
  1. ↓ 384Dior#842 → #1,226
  2. ↓ 275Maxton#963 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 205Davian#967 → #1,172
  4. ↓ 193Braden#935 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 191Heath#862 → #1,053

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

See the top 100 for 2023 →