Maksym
Masculine · “greatest”
Maksym is the Ukrainian form of Maximus, a Roman name that is simply the superlative of great — the largest, the greatest. It is among the most-used Ukrainian men's names.
How old is the name Maksym?
Maksym first appears in US birth records in 2001 — 24 years ago. The typical Maksym is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Maksym are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Maksym most popular?
Maksym peaked in 2014, reaching #2929 nationally. Today it ranks #3583, 654 places below that high. See the whole 2014 chart.
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Where it comes from
From maximus to Maksym
The story of Maksym
Maximus was borne by Roman generals, emperors and a considerable number of early Christian martyrs, which carried it into every European language. Slavic countries took it through Greek as Maksim and Maksym — Russian uses the first, Ukrainian the second, and the difference is one of the small markers that separates them. It reaches American records with Ukrainian families in growing numbers.
Meaning
greatest
From Latin maximus, the superlative of magnus, great; it was a Roman family name and a title before it was a Christian one, and the same word gives English maximum.
How the name formed
- maximus
- Maximus
- Maksym
Related forms: Maksim · Maxim · Maksym · Massimo
Pronouncing Maksym
mahk-SIM
Two syllables with the stress on the second. English speakers often say MAK-sim.
Nicknames for Maksym
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2001
- Most boys named
- 201439 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2929reached in 2014
- Change vs 2024
- +82.4%31 in 2025, from 17
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.
Maksym in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Maksim in Russian — same name
- Maxim in English — same name
- Maksym in Polish — same name
- Massimo in Italian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Illinois, New York, New Jersey.
Maksyms among us
people named Maksym are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 55,099 born in 2025 was named Maksym
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Maksym
- #3583
- Maksym on the 2025 chart
- #724
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Maksym went to 31 boys in 2025, but Maxim, Maksim 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 — 2,859 places above the chart.
About 1 boy in 8,332 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 55,099 for Maksym 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
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Babatunde test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Maksym's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Babatunde climbed just as high around 1978, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Babatunde's path sketches the road Maksym is walking now.
Maksym 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 Maksym is headed
Maksym should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Maksym beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Maksym in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that could hardly be simpler or stronger.
- Max is available immediately as an entirely ordinary English short form.
- Very widely used in Ukraine, so it has a large community behind it.
- Maxim and Maksim are the same name in other spellings and will be offered as corrections.
- The stress moves to the front in English mouths.
- The y is a Ukrainian marker and will be changed to an i by American systems.
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Frequently asked
- How many Maksyms are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Maksym are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Maksym?
- Maksym is one of 4 recorded spellings. Maxim is the more common one — 114 births in 2025 against 31 for Maksym.
- How popular is the name Maksym in 2025?
- Maksym ranks #3583 among US boy names in 2025, with 31 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Maksym?
- About 1 in every 55,099 US boys born in 2025 was named Maksym — 31 in all.
- Will my child share the name Maksym with classmates?
- Maksym will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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