Maxie
Feminine · “Latin "greatest”
Maxie is given to both — 4,025 girls and 4,647 boys since 1880. See Maxie as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Maxie reached #546 in 1908, which places it squarely in the era when American parents gave the nickname itself. Maxine, Maximilla and Maxima were the formal names available; Maxie was what a child was actually called, and for a generation around the turn of the century families skipped the middle step and wrote the short form on the certificate.
How old is the name Maxie?
Maxie first appears in US birth records in 1884 — 141 years ago. The typical Maxie alive today was born around 1928, making them about 97 years old. About 1,200 people named Maxie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Maxie most popular?
Maxie peaked in 1908, reaching #546 nationally. Today it ranks #6838, 6,292 places below that high. See the whole 1908 chart.
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Where it comes from
From maximus to Maxie
The story of Maxie
The years around 1900 are the high-water mark of the diminutive-as-legal-name in American records: Bessie, Nellie, Hattie, Sadie, Mamie, Minnie, Maxie. The -ie ending was not a style choice so much as a default — it was simply what a girl was called, and formality had not yet reasserted itself over the birth certificate. Maxie's 1908 peak sits at the top of that pattern, and its decline through the 1920s matches the whole cohort's. Modern revivals of Max for girls are a separate movement arriving from the other direction.
Meaning
Latin "greatest"
From Latin maximus, the superlative of magnus, "great". The Roman family name Maximus gave the saint's name Maximilian and its feminine forms Maxima and Maximilla; French produced Maxine in the nineteenth century. All of them mean the same thing, and Maxie shortens any of them.
How the name formed
- maximus
- Maxima
- Maxine
- Maxie
Related forms: Maxine · Maximilla · Maximiliane
Pronouncing Maxie
MAK-see
Two syllables, stress on the first. The x is a ks cluster, not a z. Maxie, Maxi and Maxy are said identically.
Nicknames for Maxie
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
- 1884
- Most girls named
- 191796 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #546reached in 1908
- Change vs 2022
- +14.3%16 in 2025, from 14
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.
Maxie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Maxine in French — related form
- Maximilla in Latin — related form
- Maximiliane in German — related form
Maxies among us
people named Maxie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 100,454 born in 2025 was named Maxie
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Maxie 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
Maxie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Maxie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It has a settled Latin meaning and a clear line to Maxine and Maximilian.
- Max is available as a short form and is currently fashionable for girls.
- The -ie ending gives it a genuine turn-of-the-century warmth rather than a manufactured one.
- It reads as a nickname, because that is what it historically was.
- Max and Maxie are both used for boys, so the name gives no sex signal.
- The 1900s peak dates the -ie spelling to a specific generation.
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Feminine · #6838 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Maxies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Maxie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Maxie in 2025?
- Maxie ranks #6838 among US girl names in 2025, with 16 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Maxie?
- About 1 in every 100,454 US girls born in 2025 was named Maxie — 16 in all.
- Will my child share the name Maxie with classmates?
- Maxie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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