Maxime
Masculine · “greatest”
Maxime is given to both — 1,098 boys and 55 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Maxime is the French Maximus, and the Latin means simply the greatest — the superlative of large.
How old is the name Maxime?
Maxime first appears in US birth records in 1920 — 105 years ago. The typical Maxime alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 1,100 people named Maxime are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Maxime most popular?
Maxime peaked in 2001, reaching #2429 nationally. Today it ranks #4707, 2,278 places below that high. See the whole 2001 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Maxime
Ours, offered as ours. Latin magnus makes its comparative and superlative irregularly — magnus, maior, maximus — which is why English has great, major and maximum from one family and why the pattern looks arbitrary. The same irregularity survives in English good, better, best: the commonest adjectives in a language are the ones that resist regularisation, because people use them too often to forget the old forms.
Meaning
greatest
From Latin maximus, the superlative of magnus, great or large; the same root gives magnify, magnitude, major and master. French added the silent -e, which does not make the name feminine here.
Pronouncing Maxime
mak-SEEM
Two syllables with the stress on the second in French. Americans may say MAX-im.
Nicknames for Maxime
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
- 1920
- Most boys named
- 200140 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2429reached in 2001
- Change vs 2024
- −19.2%21 in 2025, from 26
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.
Maxime in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Maxime in French — same name
- Maximus in Latin — related form
- Maksim in Russian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Florida.
Maximes among us
people named Maxime are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 81,337 born in 2025 was named Maxime
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Brittan test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Maxime's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Brittan climbed just as high around 1986, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Brittan's path sketches the road Maxime is walking now.
Maxime 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
Maxime beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Maxime 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 is entirely transparent.
- Max is available immediately as a plain and universal short form.
- Very well used in France and Quebec, so it has a real community behind it.
- The final e makes American readers expect a women's name.
- The French and American pronunciations differ substantially.
- Maxime, Maxim and Maximus are all in use and get confused.
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Masculine · #4707 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Maximes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,100 people named Maxime are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Maxime in 2025?
- Maxime ranks #4707 among US boy names in 2025, with 21 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Maxime?
- About 1 in every 81,337 US boys born in 2025 was named Maxime — 21 in all.
- Will my child share the name Maxime with classmates?
- Maxime will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Maxime
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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