Maxine

#496 for girls in 2025, 597 births · Last seen for boys in 1951 at #2,844
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1923 · 3,603 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
16 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
115,612
since 1884

Maxine over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201937peak #76, 1923girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#496597
2024#518595
2023#514591
2022#615483
2021#703410
2020#739370
2019#797347
2018#850319
2017#880311
2016#901309
2015#1,106234
2014#1,195204
2013#1,042238
2012#1,273188
2011#1,427159
2010#1,420161
2009#1,612139
2008#1,597142
2007#1,613138
2006#1,639129
2005#1,500139
2004#1,387150
2003#1,257166
2002#1,135183
2001#1,040206
2000#1,142178
1999#1,174165
1998#1,050187
1997#1,050182
1996#975195
1995#1,017181
1994#919206
1993#943200
1992#975196
1991#950200
1990#1,036173
1989#995173
1988#899194
1987#997157
1986#1,142125
1985#1,091133
1984#1,144119
1983#1,183110
1982#1,187115
1981#1,134121
1980#1,197110
1979#1,120120
1978#969143
1977#1,079120
1976#1,071114
1975#971128
1974#938132
1973#808162
1972#817163
1971#749197
1970#632262
1969#644237
1968#601257
1967#555288
1966#490366
1965#464424
1964#460446
1963#434499
1962#402572
1961#383628
1960#390592
1959#359698
1958#350687
1957#329773
1956#300892
1955#293870
1954#265989
1953#2341,172
1952#2301,160
1951#2181,247#2,8448
1950#2131,254#3,6815
1949#2041,329#3,2986
1948#1811,522
1947#1811,584
1946#1721,544#3,1736
1945#1621,449#3,3385
1944#1531,603#2,19511
1943#1531,754#2,18212
1942#1481,750
1941#1391,750#2,33310
1940#1371,785#2,17911
1939#1371,774#2,15911
1938#1301,824#2,08412
1937#1361,730#1,99213
1936#1271,828#2,06212
1935#1201,926#1,83715
1934#1142,018#2,12112
1933#1092,061#2,5429
1932#1102,223#2,31311
1931#1012,392#2,6519
1930#932,700#1,88916
1929#852,994#2,45211
1928#843,124#1,64721
1927#873,094#3,4517
1926#853,150#2,07415
1925#793,538#2,08915
1924#773,659#2,34713
1923#763,603#2,61411
1922#823,444#2,63011
1921#773,630#2,26514
1920#813,507#2,60211
1919#853,183#2,51111
1918#873,216#2,69910
1917#932,647
1916#962,424#2,25912
1915#982,110#2,6219
1914#1141,396
1913#1191,073#2,8215
1912#134823#2,0457
1911#152531
1910#171397
1909#179332
1908#228220
1907#222219
1906#247173
1905#285135
1904#35884
1903#38070
1902#39562
1901#43546
1900#40268
1899#50734
1898#58131
1897#59426
1896#87214
1895#93212
1894#85013
1893#71317
1892#1,0858
1891#1,0937
1890#82511
1889
1888#1,0367
1887
1886
1885#9216
1884#7938
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1884

The first year at least five girls were named Maxine! It came in at #793, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Maxine
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 22 spots since 2024 (#518#496)
  • 243 spots since 2020 (#739#496)
  • 610 spots since 2015 (#1,106#496)
  • Biggest jump: 372 spots in 1893 (#1,085#713)
  • Biggest drop: 268 spots in 1891 (#825#1,093)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1923 at #76 (3,603 births)
  • Births halved by 1937, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 16 yrs · run 1915–1930
  • Top 1,000: 105 yrs · run 1893–1975
Share of babies · girls
1 in 335
  • Highest: 1 in 335 girls born in 1923 were named Maxine (0.30%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,692 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 29.2% of all girls named Maxine (33,743) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s21#793 (1884)#917
1890s173#507 (1899)#805
1900s1,409#179 (1909)#313
1910s17,800#85 (1919)#115
1920s33,743#76 (1923)#81
1930s20,476#93 (1930)#118
1940s16,070#137 (1940)#163
1950s9,742#213 (1950)#279
1960s4,309#383 (1961)#482
1970s1,541#632 (1970)#915
1980s1,357#899 (1988)#1,097
1990s1,885#919 (1994)#1,009
2000s1,570#1,040 (2001)#1,392
2010s2,470#797 (2019)#1,089
2020s3,046#496 (2025)#598

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

Maxine in 1937

girls
#136
1,730 births · 1 in 615 girls
boys
#1,992
13 births · 1 in 82,051 boys

Top girls' names in 1937

  1. #1Mary55,641
  2. #2Barbara34,917
  3. #3Patricia26,838
  4. #4Shirley26,823
  5. #5Betty25,337
  6. #6Carol17,336
  7. #7Nancy17,074
  8. #8Dorothy16,572
  9. #9Joan15,301
  10. #10Margaret15,144
  11. #136Maxine1,730

Top boys' names in 1937

  1. #1Robert61,842
  2. #2James56,561
  3. #3John48,755
  4. #4William40,725
  5. #5Richard32,975
  6. #6Charles30,520
  7. #7Donald27,868
  8. #8David20,981
  9. #9Thomas19,772
  10. #10George18,439
  11. #1,992Maxine13
More about 1937

girls

1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 615 of them was named Maxine, which outranked 97.2% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maxine
  1. #133Ida1,784
  2. #134Ella1,748
  3. #135Christine1,742
  4. #136Maxine1,730
  5. #137Myrna1,652
  6. #138Alma1,626
  7. #139Deanna1,624
Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. 3,217Noreta#4,181#964
  2. 2,845Noretta#3,701#856
  3. 2,351Leilani#3,103#752
  4. 1,407Deann#2,263#856
  5. 1,209Norita#1,741#532
Fallers
  1. 438Dorla#951#1,389
  2. 331Vilma#951#1,282
  3. 303Imelda#979#1,282
  4. 297Lulu#695#992
  5. 292Lyda#840#1,132

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

boys

1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 82,051 of them was named Maxine, which outranked 50.4% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maxine
  1. #1,913Weyman14
  2. #1,913Windel14
  3. #1,913Ygnacio14
  4. #1,992Maxine13
  5. #1,992Abbie13
  6. #1,992Addie13
  7. #1,992Alvah13
  8. #2,088Adrain12
  9. #2,088Alexis12
  10. #2,088Antoine12

Tied with 95 names at #1,992; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. 1,923Tyrone#2,629#706
  2. 558Lamont#1,540#982
  3. 540Lary#1,540#1,000
  4. 416Errol#906#490
  5. 399Levon#1,356#957
Fallers
  1. 492Gaston#989#1,481
  2. 461Gorden#827#1,288
  3. 432Sergio#940#1,372
  4. 371Landon#422#793
  5. 347Harlen#747#1,094

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

See the top 100 for 1937