Maximilian

maleStatistical record

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

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

Maximilian: Recorded since 1987, it reached #149 in 2014, and it stood at #286 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
107times a registrar ranked it
39years from first to last
#149highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#204
1997	#201
1998	#181
1999	#172
2000	#155
2001	#180
2002	#174
2003	#191
2004	#198
2005	#196
2006	#183
2007	#208
2008	#196
2009	#180
2010	#166
2011	#172
2012	#159
2013	#183
2014	#164
2015	#160
2016	#150
2017	#161
2018	#149
2019	#159
2020	#178
2021	#168
2022	#183
2023	#185
2024	#203

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 38 of the 39 years from 1987 to 2025.

In 2025: #286 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #296 among boys in Norway.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1987–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1987
First recorded at #631 among boys in Norway in 1987 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #149 among boys in England and Wales, in 2018 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #296 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Maximilian appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 38 years beginning in 1987, and has registered 616 births with the name.

Maximilian across 4 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.

Maximilian'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
Norway · Boys	#631 (1987)	#149 (2014)	#296 (2025)	38 of 39	616 (1987–2025)	44 (2014)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#369 (1996)	#150 (2016)	#286 (2025)	28 of 30	466 (1996–2025)	41 (2016)
England and Wales · Boys	#204 (1996)	#149 (2018)	#203 (2024)	29 of 29	7,883 (1996–2024)	389 (2016)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#277 (2000)	#243 (2002)	#404 (2024)	11 of 25	37 (2000–2024)	4 (2002)

Maximilian by decade in Norway · 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 Maximilian in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	16	3 of 10	5
1990s	82	9 of 10	9
2000s	134	10 of 10	13
2010sbusiest	296	10 of 10	30
2020s	88	6 of 10	15

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 30 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Maximilian 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 5 regions, from 1987 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #149 in Norway in 2014.

Maximilian'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	#203	249	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#185	279	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#183	278	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#168	319	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#178	300	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#159	344	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#149	381	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#161	356	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#150	389	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#160	366	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#164	348	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#183	309	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#159	363	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#172	328	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#166	337	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#180	289	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#196	241	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#208	226	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#183	242	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#196	209	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#198	190	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#191	197	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#174	215	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#180	194	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#155	233	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#172	197	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#181	185	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#201	164	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#204	155	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#395	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#374	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#311	4	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#296	13	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#266	16	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#254	17	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#282	14	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#260	15	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#277	13	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#198	26	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#207	25	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#180	30	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#214	25	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#239	22	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#149	44	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#189	30	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#166	37	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#190	30	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#195	27	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#232	23	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#252	19	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#371	10	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#266	17	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#255	17	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#339	10	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#381	9	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#381	8	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#386	8	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#313	13	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#272	16	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#303	14	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#417	8	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#419	8	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#366	11	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#595	4	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#474	7	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#435	8	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#539	6	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#548	6	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#551	6	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	15	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#287	14	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	16	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#262	18	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	13	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	13	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#244	19	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	17	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	23	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	41	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	23	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#220	26	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	34	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	21	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#193	33	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#201	29	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	20	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#306	14	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#309	11	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	13	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	10	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	11	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#249	9	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#297	6	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#330	11	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
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1987 and 2025, ranked in 38 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #149, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 389 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 37 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.

Maxim · #266, 30y
Maxime · #304, 30y
Maximiliano · #785, 18y
Maximilien · #1383, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Idris · #153, 43y
Aya · #154, 35y
Martyna · #143, 41y
Ayesha · #165, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Lennon · #153, 31y
Aya · #154, 35y
Eimhear · #154, 26y
Lochlainn · #154, 25y

Maximilian was ranked #149 in England and Wales · Boys in 2018. 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.

Maximilian 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 Maximilian without appearing here.

Maximilian moved ahead of

Harry Compare
In 2016 they stood at #417 and #410 in Norway · Boys; by 2017 that had become #180 and #478.
Arild Compare
In 2004 they stood at #339 and #312 in Norway · Boys; by 2005 that had become #255 and #518.
Ronald Compare
In 2002 they stood at #369 and #369 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2003 that had become #245 and #500.
Ryan Compare
In 1994 they stood at #595 and #496 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #366 and #607.

Moved ahead of Maximilian

Colin Compare
In 2019 they stood at #198 and #215 in Norway · Boys; by 2020 that had become #277 and #192.
Mason Compare
In 2006 they stood at #257 and #493 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #309 and #241.
Archie Compare
In 2011 they stood at #193 and #326 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #250 and #188.
Logan Compare
In 2000 they stood at #155 and #158 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #180 and #121.

Moved the opposite way to Maximilian

Anders Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Maximilian went from #631 to #296 while Anders went from #8 to #293.
Andreas Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Maximilian went from #631 to #296 while Andreas went from #3 to #96.
Arild Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Maximilian went from #631 to #296 while Arild went from #129 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Maximilian went from #631 to #296 while Arne went from #90 to #222.

Moved the same way as Maximilian

Aksel Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Maximilian went from #631 to #296 and Aksel from #204 to #25.
Arthur Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Maximilian went from #631 to #296 and Arthur from #522 to #83.
Edward Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Maximilian went from #631 to #296 and Edward from #565 to #189.
Einar Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Maximilian went from #631 to #296 and Einar from #148 to #57.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 5 regions, from 1987 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #149 in Norway in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Maximilian

Maximilian at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Maximilian across 4 official records

Maximilian by decade in Norway · Boys

Maximilian appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Maximilian

Maximilian and the names beside it

Maximilian moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Maximilian

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Maximilian at a glance

Maximilian across 4 official records

Maximilian by decade in Norway · Boys

Maximilian appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Maximilian

Maximilian and the names beside it

Maximilian moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Maximilian

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