Maxwell

#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births · #189 for boys in 2025, 1,924 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
#106
1999 · 3,338 births
Debut · boys
1880
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
108,732
since 1880

Maxwell over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Maxwell has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #106, 1999boys
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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
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,13315#1891,924
2024#4,77228#1822,024
2023#3,52544#1821,992
2022#3,12352#1732,183
2021#3,25049#1622,380
2020#2,96654#1462,513
2019#2,92356#1472,637
2018#2,78261#1342,907
2017#2,63566#1333,081
2016#2,82960#1113,585
2015#3,76740#1133,553
2014#4,26934#1073,739
2013#5,14326#1083,643
2012#12,1998#1133,233
2011—#1323,056
2010#16,9925#1333,015
2009—#1323,080
2008#17,5045#1343,058
2007#15,4916#1532,713
2006#17,1685#1492,792
2005—#1402,810
2004#7,39115#1362,927
2003#11,3258#1323,086
2002#13,5956#1293,036
2001#12,0567#1243,183
2000#11,8017#1133,364
1999—#1063,338
1998#10,1228#1362,791
1997—#1482,317
1996#13,5185#1771,901
1995#13,3865#1781,838
1994#9,5868#1821,719
1993#9,5598#1821,781
1992—#1711,876
1991#13,1475#1881,724
1990#10,1937#1891,624
1989#12,3625#2051,401
1988#6,66611#2171,208
1987#7,9878#2311,018
1986—#327608
1985—#383467
1984—#483299
1983—#569220
1982—#629190
1981—#594208
1980—#634189
1979—#698150
1978—#778117
1977—#770122
1976—#85395
1975—#822102
1974—#86186
1973—#81794
1972—#92974
1971—#1,09156
1970—#95171
1969—#86179
1968—#86171
1967—#95557
1966—#90164
1965—#92065
1964—#97361
1963—#93664
1962—#1,00758
1961—#1,05954
1960—#99659
1959—#83881
1958—#99459
1957—#92866
1956—#82282
1955—#76690
1954—#81978
1953—#88466
1952—#82173
1951—#86765
1950—#86563
1949—#89959
1948—#89159
1947—#85466
1946—#72382
1945—#86452
1944—#74569
1943—#80866
1942—#80664
1941—#77065
1940—#81059
1939—#71769
1938—#71074
1937—#83553
1936—#79759
1935—#69775
1934—#74268
1933—#74068
1932—#63289
1931—#65084
1930—#62198
1929—#520127
1928—#571116
1927—#617103
1926—#67887
1925—#592113
1924—#588117
1923—#556124
1922—#517142
1921—#605109
1920—#568120
1919—#514134
1918—#488150
1917#3,3448#470147
1916—#472147
1915—#404176
1914—#415132
1913—#385121
1912—#363113
1911—#40949
1910—#42141
1909—#47329
1908—#47527
1907—#49522
1906—#40029
1905—#46323
1904—#53817
1903—#52717
1902—#38826
1901—#45318
1900—#49022
1899—#58312
1898—#52316
1897—#41121
1896—#51816
1895—#57913
1894—#7878
1893—#53813
1892—#68810
1891—#7667
1890—#48915
1889—#58111
1888—#8157
1887—#7527
1886—#8456
1885—#7008
1884—#7018
1883—#59710
1882—#8376
1881——
1880—#6409
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Maxwell was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Maxwell
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 7 spots since 2024 (#182 → #189)
  • 43 spots since 2020 (#146 → #189)
  • 76 spots since 2015 (#113 → #189)
  • Biggest jump: 240 spots in 1883 (#837 → #597)
  • Biggest drop: 277 spots in 1891 (#489 → #766)
Rise & fade · boys
119 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1999 at #106 (3,338 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 142 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 142 yrs · run 1882–1960
Share of babies · boys
1 in 514
  • Highest: 1 in 514 boys born in 2014 were named Maxwell (0.19%)
  • Latest: 1 in 888 boys born in 2025 (0.11%)
  • Its best rank, #106 in 1999, was only 1 in 575 (0.17%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 29.8% of all boys named Maxwell (32,449) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s72#581 (1889)#719
1890s131#411 (1897)#588
1900s230#388 (1902)#470
1910s1,210#363 (1912)#434
1920s1,158#517 (1922)#581
1930s737#621 (1930)#714
1940s641#723 (1946)#817
1950s723#766 (1955)#860
1960s632#861 (1969)#947
1970s967#698 (1979)#857
1980s5,808#205 (1989)#427
1990s20,909#106 (1999)#166
2000s30,049#113 (2000)#134
2010s32,449#107 (2014)#123
2020s13,016#146 (2020)#172

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.

Maxwell in 1991

girls
#13,147
5 births · 1 in 375,001 girls
boys
#188
1,724 births · 1 in 1,172 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #13,147Maxwell5

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #188Maxwell1,724
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 375,001 of them was named Maxwell, which outranked 15.0% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maxwell
  1. #11,509Zitlali6
  2. #11,509Zofia6
  3. #11,509Zondra6
  4. #13,147Maxwell5
  5. #13,147Aaminah5
  6. #13,147Abegail5
  7. #13,147Abraham5

Tied with 2,319 names at #13,147; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

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

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 1,172 of them was named Maxwell, which outranked 98.1% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maxwell
  1. #183Ruben1,732
  2. #186Levi1,725
  3. #186Louis1,725
  4. #188Maxwell1,724
  5. #189Calvin1,709
  6. #190Albert1,697
  7. #191Clinton1,665
Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,462Devante#5,382 → #920
  2. ↑ 1,656Unnamed#2,628 → #972
  3. ↑ 1,496Jaleel#2,373 → #877
  4. ↑ 811Gunnar#1,516 → #705
  5. ↑ 672Dijon#1,587 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,000Arsenio#744 → #1,744
  2. ↓ 773Brittany#995 → #1,768
  3. ↓ 281Infant#389 → #670
  4. ↓ 281Jarret#881 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 273Elton#963 → #1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1991 →