Maxim

Where Maxim comes from

Maxim hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1923
    First appearance
    #3,175 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1967
    Maxim Reality born
    British singer, rapper and musician
  3. 2000
    Maxim De Cuyper born
    Belgian association football player
  4. 2012
    Peak, #683
    346 babies named Maxim — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2023
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,337.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Maxim De Cuyper · Belgian association football player, born 2000
  • Maxim Reality · British singer, rapper and musician, born 1967
  • Maxim Van Gils · Belgian cyclist, born 1999
  • Maxim Mehmet · German actor, born 1975
  • Maxim Rodshtein · Israeli chess player, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.