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
- Peak · boys
- 1999 · 3,338 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 108,732since 1880
Maxwell over time
Rank among boys' names. Maxwell has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,133 | 15 | #189 | 1,924 |
| 2024 | #4,772 | 28 | #182 | 2,024 |
| 2023 | #3,525 | 44 | #182 | 1,992 |
| 2022 | #3,123 | 52 | #173 | 2,183 |
| 2021 | #3,250 | 49 | #162 | 2,380 |
| 2020 | #2,966 | 54 | #146 | 2,513 |
| 2019 | #2,923 | 56 | #147 | 2,637 |
| 2018 | #2,782 | 61 | #134 | 2,907 |
| 2017 | #2,635 | 66 | #133 | 3,081 |
| 2016 | #2,829 | 60 | #111 | 3,585 |
| 2015 | #3,767 | 40 | #113 | 3,553 |
| 2014 | #4,269 | 34 | #107 | 3,739 |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 | #108 | 3,643 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #113 | 3,233 |
| 2011 | — | #132 | 3,056 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #133 | 3,015 |
| 2009 | — | #132 | 3,080 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #134 | 3,058 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #153 | 2,713 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #149 | 2,792 |
| 2005 | — | #140 | 2,810 | |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | #136 | 2,927 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | #132 | 3,086 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #129 | 3,036 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #124 | 3,183 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #113 | 3,364 |
| 1999 | — | #106 | 3,338 | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #136 | 2,791 |
| 1997 | — | #148 | 2,317 | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #177 | 1,901 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #178 | 1,838 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #182 | 1,719 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #182 | 1,781 |
| 1992 | — | #171 | 1,876 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #188 | 1,724 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #189 | 1,624 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #205 | 1,401 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | #217 | 1,208 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #231 | 1,018 |
| 1986 | — | #327 | 608 | |
| 1985 | — | #383 | 467 | |
| 1984 | — | #483 | 299 | |
| 1983 | — | #569 | 220 | |
| 1982 | — | #629 | 190 | |
| 1981 | — | #594 | 208 | |
| 1980 | — | #634 | 189 | |
| 1979 | — | #698 | 150 | |
| 1978 | — | #778 | 117 | |
| 1977 | — | #770 | 122 | |
| 1976 | — | #853 | 95 | |
| 1975 | — | #822 | 102 | |
| 1974 | — | #861 | 86 | |
| 1973 | — | #817 | 94 | |
| 1972 | — | #929 | 74 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,091 | 56 | |
| 1970 | — | #951 | 71 | |
| 1969 | — | #861 | 79 | |
| 1968 | — | #861 | 71 | |
| 1967 | — | #955 | 57 | |
| 1966 | — | #901 | 64 | |
| 1965 | — | #920 | 65 | |
| 1964 | — | #973 | 61 | |
| 1963 | — | #936 | 64 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,007 | 58 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,059 | 54 | |
| 1960 | — | #996 | 59 | |
| 1959 | — | #838 | 81 | |
| 1958 | — | #994 | 59 | |
| 1957 | — | #928 | 66 | |
| 1956 | — | #822 | 82 | |
| 1955 | — | #766 | 90 | |
| 1954 | — | #819 | 78 | |
| 1953 | — | #884 | 66 | |
| 1952 | — | #821 | 73 | |
| 1951 | — | #867 | 65 | |
| 1950 | — | #865 | 63 | |
| 1949 | — | #899 | 59 | |
| 1948 | — | #891 | 59 | |
| 1947 | — | #854 | 66 | |
| 1946 | — | #723 | 82 | |
| 1945 | — | #864 | 52 | |
| 1944 | — | #745 | 69 | |
| 1943 | — | #808 | 66 | |
| 1942 | — | #806 | 64 | |
| 1941 | — | #770 | 65 | |
| 1940 | — | #810 | 59 | |
| 1939 | — | #717 | 69 | |
| 1938 | — | #710 | 74 | |
| 1937 | — | #835 | 53 | |
| 1936 | — | #797 | 59 | |
| 1935 | — | #697 | 75 | |
| 1934 | — | #742 | 68 | |
| 1933 | — | #740 | 68 | |
| 1932 | — | #632 | 89 | |
| 1931 | — | #650 | 84 | |
| 1930 | — | #621 | 98 | |
| 1929 | — | #520 | 127 | |
| 1928 | — | #571 | 116 | |
| 1927 | — | #617 | 103 | |
| 1926 | — | #678 | 87 | |
| 1925 | — | #592 | 113 | |
| 1924 | — | #588 | 117 | |
| 1923 | — | #556 | 124 | |
| 1922 | — | #517 | 142 | |
| 1921 | — | #605 | 109 | |
| 1920 | — | #568 | 120 | |
| 1919 | — | #514 | 134 | |
| 1918 | — | #488 | 150 | |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #470 | 147 |
| 1916 | — | #472 | 147 | |
| 1915 | — | #404 | 176 | |
| 1914 | — | #415 | 132 | |
| 1913 | — | #385 | 121 | |
| 1912 | — | #363 | 113 | |
| 1911 | — | #409 | 49 | |
| 1910 | — | #421 | 41 | |
| 1909 | — | #473 | 29 | |
| 1908 | — | #475 | 27 | |
| 1907 | — | #495 | 22 | |
| 1906 | — | #400 | 29 | |
| 1905 | — | #463 | 23 | |
| 1904 | — | #538 | 17 | |
| 1903 | — | #527 | 17 | |
| 1902 | — | #388 | 26 | |
| 1901 | — | #453 | 18 | |
| 1900 | — | #490 | 22 | |
| 1899 | — | #583 | 12 | |
| 1898 | — | #523 | 16 | |
| 1897 | — | #411 | 21 | |
| 1896 | — | #518 | 16 | |
| 1895 | — | #579 | 13 | |
| 1894 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1893 | — | #538 | 13 | |
| 1892 | — | #688 | 10 | |
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | #489 | 15 | |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1884 | — | #701 | 8 | |
| 1883 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #640 | 9 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1999 at #106 (3,338 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 142 yrs · run 1882–1960
- 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
- 29.8% of all boys named Maxwell (32,449) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 72 | #581 (1889) | #719 |
| 1890s | 131 | #411 (1897) | #588 |
| 1900s | 230 | #388 (1902) | #470 |
| 1910s | 1,210 | #363 (1912) | #434 |
| 1920s | 1,158 | #517 (1922) | #581 |
| 1930s | 737 | #621 (1930) | #714 |
| 1940s | 641 | #723 (1946) | #817 |
| 1950s | 723 | #766 (1955) | #860 |
| 1960s | 632 | #861 (1969) | #947 |
| 1970s | 967 | #698 (1979) | #857 |
| 1980s | 5,808 | #205 (1989) | #427 |
| 1990s | 20,909 | #106 (1999) | #166 |
| 2000s | 30,049 | #113 (2000) | #134 |
| 2010s | 32,449 | #107 (2014) | #123 |
| 2020s | 13,016 | #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 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 378,188 of them was named Maxwell, which outranked 14.5% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 667 of them was named Maxwell, which outranked 99.1% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.