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Maksim

Masculine · “greatest”

1993high 2011
#2451 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare55 boys in 2025

Maksim is the Russian of Maximus — greatest, in Latin — the superlative of magnus.

How old is the name Maksim?

Maksim first appears in US birth records in 1993 — 32 years ago. The typical Maksim is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,700 people named Maksim are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Maksim most popular?

Maksim peaked in 2011, reaching #967 nationally. Today it ranks #2451, 1,484 places below that high. See the whole 2011 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Maksim

Maximus was a Roman cognomen and then a saint's name; Maximus the Confessor had his tongue and right hand cut off for refusing to accept an imperial doctrine, and was later vindicated. Maksim is standard across Russian and Slavic naming. It appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

greatest

From the Latin maximus, the superlative of magnus, 'great'. The same root gives magnitude, magnify and major. Maksim is the Russian and Slavic spelling. The Latin is ordinary and the reading undisputed.

How the name formed

  1. magnus
  2. maximus
  3. Maksim

Related forms: Максим · Maksym · Maxim

Pronouncing Maksim

mak-SEEM

Two syllables, stress on the second. English Maxim stresses the first.

Nicknames for Maksim

Moderate

MaxThe front clipping, and a name in its own right with a large record
MaksimkaThe Russian diminutive, warm and used inside families
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1993–202520410202045519932025

US babies named Maksim per year from 1993 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#9671990s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1993
Most boys named
2011204 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#967reached in 2011
Change vs 2024
−32.9%55 in 2025, from 82
Maksim sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2011, with 204 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Maksim in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Максим in Russian — transliteration
  • Maksym in Ukrainian — spelling variant
  • Maxim in English — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Illinois, New York.

Maksims among us

2,700

people named Maksim are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 31,056 born in 2025 was named Maksim

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Maksim

#2451
Maksim on the 2025 chart
#724
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Maksim went to 55 boys in 2025, but Maxim, Maksym and Maxym are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 205, which makes it the 724th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,727 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 8,332 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 31,056 for Maksim itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Ozell test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Maksim's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ozell climbed just as high around 1937, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ozell's path sketches the road Maksim is walking now.

40%chance Maksim will feel “very 2010s” by 2040
Maksim, aligned on its peakOzell· peak 1937not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-30 yrs+70 yrsOzell · #9509Maksim today
Maksim today is about where Ozell stood in 1951 — 14 years past a #967-sized peak. By 1966, Ozell had settled around #1945.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Maksim sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Maksim is headed

19932030

US babies named Maksim per year, 1993 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Maksim should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady-7% by 2030projected around #2,691 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Maksim beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Maksim in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Maksimthis name55#2451Zaydan55#2451Zaxton55#2451Sebastien55#2451Yuvraj55#2451

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That Maximus the Confessor lost his tongue and hand and was vindicated is a first-rate story.
  • Max is available as a short form with a large record.
  • The greatest meaning is transparent and strong.
What to consider
  • Maxim and Maksim are both in circulation.
  • Russian and English stress it differently.
  • It reads as specifically Slavic.

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Frequently asked

How many Maksims are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,700 people named Maksim are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Maksim?
Maksim is one of 4 recorded spellings. Maxim is the more common one — 114 births in 2025 against 55 for Maksim.
How popular is the name Maksim in 2025?
Maksim ranks #2451 among US boy names in 2025, with 55 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Maksim?
About 1 in every 31,056 US boys born in 2025 was named Maksim — 55 in all.
Will my child share the name Maksim with classmates?
Maksim will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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