Maxim

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Maxim: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Maxim: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #266 in 2003, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
56times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#266highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#505
1997	#327
1998	#398
1999	#463
2000	#462
2001	#412
2002	#568
2003	#537
2004	#523
2005	#574
2006	#543
2007	#501
2008	#536
2009	#457
2010	#433
2011	#431
2012	#498
2013	#570
2014	#558
2015	#416
2016	#501
2017	#469
2018	#475
2019	#541
2020	#500
2021	#489
2022	#610
2023	#625
2024	#711

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #472 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #711 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #505 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2000–2025
Highest recorded position: #266 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2003 (recorded 2000–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Maxim appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,872 births with the name.

Maxim across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Maxim's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#505 (1996)	#327 (1997)	#711 (2024)	29 of 29	1,872 (1996–2024)	99 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#390 (2000)	#266 (2003)	#676 (2025)	25 of 26	233 (2000–2025)	17 (2008)

Maxim by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Maxim in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	211	4 of 10	53
2000s	534	10 of 10	53
2010sbusiest	803	10 of 10	80
2020s	324	5 of 10	65

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 80 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1996 and 1997, when recorded births rose by 38, from 36 to 74.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Maxim appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #266 in Republic of Ireland in 2003.

Maxim's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#711	50	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#625	57	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#610	60	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#489	81	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#500	76	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#541	70	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#475	85	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#469	87	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#501	81	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#416	99	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#558	65	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#570	62	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#498	76	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#431	91	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#433	87	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#457	79	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#536	63	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#501	65	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#543	54	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#574	46	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#523	50	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#537	43	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#568	36	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#412	54	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#462	44	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#463	46	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#398	55	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#327	74	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#505	36	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#474	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#436	8	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	9	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	12	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	13	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	17	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#355	11	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#550	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#309	14	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	10	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	13	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#296	15	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	11	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	17	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#309	11	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#343	7	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#266	10	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	7	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #266, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 99 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 27 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Maxime · #304, 30y
Maximilian · #149, 38y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ella-Mae · #266, 30y
Kori · #266, 29y
Mia-Rose · #266, 26y
Devon · #267, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Angharad · #266, 28y
Blessing · #266, 29y
Ella-Mae · #266, 30y
Kia · #266, 28y

Maxim was ranked #266 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2003. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Maxim and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Maxim without appearing here.

Maxim moved ahead of

Derek Compare
In 1996 they stood at #505 and #464 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #327 and #809.
Markus Compare
In 2022 they stood at #572 and #454 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #436 and #770.
Jon Compare
In 2007 they stood at #501 and #492 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #536 and #789.
Roger Compare
In 2002 they stood at #390 and #390 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2003 that had become #266 and #500.

Moved ahead of Maxim

Finlay Compare
In 2024 they stood at #472 and #520 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #676 and #372.
Hunter Compare
In 2011 they stood at #431 and #473 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #498 and #238.
Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #327 and #484 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #398 and #182.
Emil Compare
In 2024 they stood at #436 and #770 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #676 and #468.

Moved the opposite way to Maxim

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Maxim went from #505 to #711 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Maxim went from #505 to #711 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Maxim went from #505 to #711 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Maxim went from #505 to #711 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Maxim

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Maxim went from #505 to #711 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Maxim went from #505 to #711 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Maxim went from #505 to #711 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Maxim went from #505 to #711 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #266 in Republic of Ireland in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Maxim

Maxim at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Maxim across 2 official records

Maxim by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Maxim appears in

Popularity data

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Maxim at a glance

Maxim across 2 official records

Maxim by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Maxim appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Maxim

Maxim and the names beside it

Maxim moved ahead of

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