Maximus

maleStatistical record

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

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

Maximus: Recorded every year since 1998, it reached #179 in 2016, and it stood at #372 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
55times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#179highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2901
1999	#2425
2000	#554
2001	#248
2002	#334
2003	#305
2004	#277
2005	#276
2006	#309
2007	#273
2008	#262
2009	#279
2010	#263
2011	#218
2012	#205
2013	#195
2014	#203
2015	#181
2016	#179
2017	#182
2018	#187
2019	#181
2020	#201
2021	#180
2022	#219
2023	#213
2024	#199

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 England and Wales in every year from 1998 to 2024.

In 2024: #199 among boys in England and Wales, #404 among boys in Northern Ireland, #430 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #478 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1998–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2901 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #179 among boys in England and Wales, in 2016 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #372 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Maximus appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 5,159 births with the name.

Maximus across 3 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.

Maximus'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	#2901 (1998)	#179 (2016)	#199 (2024)	27 of 27	5,159 (1998–2024)	325 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#423 (2003)	#347 (2014)	#372 (2025)	22 of 23	153 (2003–2025)	12 (2014)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#415 (2017)	#255 (2018)	#404 (2024)	5 of 8	22 (2017–2024)	7 (2018)

Maximus 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 Maximus in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	1,129	10 of 10	113
2010sbusiest	2,763	10 of 10	276
2020s	1,260	5 of 10	252

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 276 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2000 and 2001, when recorded births rose by 80, from 34 to 114.

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

Maximus 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 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #179 in England and Wales in 2016.

Maximus'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	#199	252	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#213	232	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#219	231	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#180	293	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#201	252	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#181	287	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#187	283	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#182	308	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#179	319	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#181	325	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#203	284	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#195	284	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#205	269	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#218	226	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#263	178	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#279	154	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#262	166	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#273	147	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#309	114	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#276	117	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#277	114	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#305	92	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#334	77	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#248	114	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#554	34	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#274	6	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#255	7	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#372	10	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#516	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#414	8	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#433	8	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#438	8	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#350	11	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#394	9	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#376	10	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	12	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#429	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#529	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#473	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#403	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#478	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 4 registrars between 1998 and 2025, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #179, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 325 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 26 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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Maxton · #2324, 20y

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.

Alara · #179, 28y
Amelia-Rose · #179, 26y
Belle · #179, 30y
Bria · #179, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alara · #179, 28y
Amelia-Rose · #179, 26y
Belle · #179, 30y
Bria · #179, 29y

Maximus was ranked #179 in England and Wales · Boys in 2016. 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.

Maximus 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 Maximus without appearing here.

Maximus moved ahead of

Harald Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #309 and #4052.
Willow Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #276 and #3849.
Gustav Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #554 and #3036.
Henrik Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2901 and #2419 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #554 and #3036.

Moved ahead of Maximus

Jackson Compare
In 2009 they stood at #429 and #701 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #720 and #322.
Ezra Compare
In 2015 they stood at #376 and #459 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #448 and #237.
Elias Compare
In 2015 they stood at #376 and #503 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #448 and #254.
Carter Compare
In 2009 they stood at #429 and #604 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #720 and #542.

Moved the opposite way to Maximus

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Maximus went from #2901 to #199 while Aaron went from #31 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Maximus went from #2901 to #199 while Adam went from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Maximus went from #2901 to #199 while Alan went from #196 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Maximus went from #2901 to #199 while Alex went from #46 to #171.

Moved the same way as Maximus

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Maximus went from #2901 to #199 and Albie from #716 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Maximus went from #2901 to #199 and Alfie from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Maximus went from #2901 to #199 and Alfred from #174 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Maximus went from #2901 to #199 and Archie from #120 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 4 regions, from 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #179 in England and Wales in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Maximus

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Maximus across 3 official records

Maximus by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Maximus across 3 official records

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