Maximiliano
Masculine · “from Latin Maximus”
Five syllables that swing in the middle and land softly: mahk-see-mee-lee-AH-no. Behind it stands a Latin name from the late Roman world, a Habsburg family favorite, and a short form — Max — that needs no explaining anywhere in the English-speaking world. Long on the page, easy in the mouth.
How old is the name Maximiliano?
Maximiliano first appears in US birth records in 1917 — 108 years ago. The typical Maximiliano is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 23,500 people named Maximiliano are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Maximiliano most popular?
Maximiliano peaked in 2019, reaching #251 nationally. Today it ranks #280, 29 places below that high. See the whole 2019 chart.
Where it comes from
From Maximus to Maximiliano
The story of Maximiliano
The name begins as Latin Maximilianus, a derivative of Maximus, "greatest," carried by bearers in the late Roman and early Christian centuries. It became a dynastic name among the Habsburgs of Austria from the fifteenth century onward, which spread it across German-speaking Europe and, in translated forms, through Catholic Europe as a whole. Spanish took it as Maximiliano, Italian as Massimiliano, Polish as Maksymilian. The Spanish form gained particular weight in the Americas through Maximiliano I, the Habsburg archduke installed as emperor of Mexico in the 1860s — and it is largely through Spanish-speaking families that the name reached and settled in the United States.
Meaning
from Latin Maximus, "greatest"
The longer form Maximilianus was built on Maximus in late antiquity. A well-known account tied to Emperor Frederick III of Austria in the fifteenth century has him coining his son's name by joining Maximus and Aemilianus; either way, the Maximus root is not in doubt.
How the name formed
- Maximus
- Maximilianus
- Maximilian
- Maximiliano
Related forms: Maximilian · Massimiliano · Maximilien · Maksymilian · Maximiliano · Maxmilián
Pronouncing Maximiliano
mahk-see-mee-lee-AH-no
Stress falls on the fourth syllable. English speakers often say mak-sih-mil-ee-AH-no, collapsing the middle; both are widely heard in the US.
Nicknames for Maximiliano
High
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
- 1917
- Most boys named
- 20191,460 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #251reached in 2019
- Change vs 2023
- +5.8%1,209 in 2025, from 1,143
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.
Maximiliano in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Maximilian in German — same name
- Massimiliano in Italian — same name
- Maximilien in French — same name
- Maksymilian in Polish — same name
- Maximiliano in Portuguese — same name
- Maxmilián in Czech — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Maximilianos among us
people named Maximiliano are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 1,413 born in 2025 was named Maximiliano
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 Branden test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Maximiliano's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Branden climbed just as high around 1987, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Branden's path sketches the road Maximiliano is walking now.
Maximiliano 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 Maximiliano is headed
Maximiliano should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
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.
Maximiliano beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Maximiliano in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Max is an established short form recognized instantly in English, Spanish, German and beyond — the long name never has to be used out loud if it isn't wanted.
- The line from Latin Maximilianus runs unbroken through late antiquity, the Habsburg centuries and into modern Spanish — a name with a very long paper trail.
- Exists as a familiar form in most European languages, so relatives and teachers abroad will have heard some version of it.
- Common enough in the US to be spelled by ear once heard, while a child is unlikely to share it with a classmate.
- Strongly present in California, Texas and Florida, where the Spanish form is entirely at home.
- Eleven letters and five syllables. Forms, name tags and email addresses will truncate it, and the child will meet plenty of people who default to Max without asking.
- The near-identical Maximilian and Maximiliano are constantly confused, so expect to spell it out and to correct the occasional double-l Maximillian.
- In Mexican history, Maximiliano I is a genuinely contested figure — a French-backed emperor executed in 1867. Most people won't make the connection, but in some families it will be the first thing mentioned.
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Frequently asked
- How many Maximilianos are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 23,500 people named Maximiliano are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Maximiliano in 2025?
- Maximiliano ranks #280 among US boy names in 2025, with 1,209 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Maximiliano?
- About 1 in every 1,413 US boys born in 2025 was named Maximiliano — 1,209 in all.
- Will my child share the name Maximiliano with classmates?
- Maximiliano will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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