Maxx
Masculine · “greatest”
Maxx is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 4,078 boys against 111 girls since 1880.
Maxx doubles the x on Max, and behind it is the Latin maximus — greatest, the superlative of magnus, which also gives the English maximum.
How old is the name Maxx?
Maxx first appears in US birth records in 1980 — 45 years ago. The typical Maxx alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 4,000 people named Maxx are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Maxx most popular?
Maxx peaked in 2010, reaching #953 nationally. Today it ranks #1753, 800 places below that high. See the whole 2010 chart.
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Where it comes from
From maximus to Maxx
The story of Maxx
Maximus was a Roman name carried by emperors and saints; Maximilian was coined by Frederick III for his son around 1459 by joining Maximus and Aemilianus. Max became a standard short form across Europe. The Maxx spelling appears in American records from the 1990s and is in current use.
Meaning
greatest
Through Max and Maximus or Maximilian, from the Latin maximus, 'greatest', the superlative of magnus, 'great'. The same word gives maximum and magnate. The meaning is transparent and undisputed; the doubled x is a modern American variation.
How the name formed
- maximus
- Max
- Maxx
Related forms: Max · Max · Maximus
Pronouncing Maxx
MAKS
One syllable. Maxx and Max are homophones; the second x is silent and decorative.
Nicknames for Maxx
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
- 1980
- Most boys named
- 2009210 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #953reached in 2010
- Change vs 2024
- −6.1%92 in 2025, from 98
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.
Maxx in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Max in English — spelling variant
- Max in German — related form
- Maximus in Latin — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Maxxs among us
people named Maxx are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 18,566 born in 2025 was named Maxx
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 Desean test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Maxx's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Desean climbed just as high around 1991, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Desean's path sketches the road Maxx is walking now.
Maxx 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 Maxx is headed
Maxx 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.
Maxx beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Maxx in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is transparent, undisputed and about as strong as meanings get.
- Max is available as the standard spelling on the page.
- One syllable, firm, and never mispronounced.
- The second x adds nothing to the sound and will need dictating.
- Max is overwhelmingly the standard spelling.
- It reads as a brand-style respelling to some people.
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Maxx
Masculine · #1753 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Maxxs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,000 people named Maxx are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Maxx in 2025?
- Maxx ranks #1753 among US boy names in 2025, with 92 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Maxx?
- About 1 in every 18,566 US boys born in 2025 was named Maxx — 92 in all.
- Will my child share the name Maxx with classmates?
- Maxx will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Maxx
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