Maxwell

maleStatistical record

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

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

Maxwell: Recorded since 1952, with a gap of 15 years, its highest recorded position is #71, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
87times a registrar ranked it
74years from first to last
#71highest recorded position
22groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Maxwell's record

Absent from every published list for 15 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#200
1997	#175
1998	#189
1999	#170
2000	#166
2001	#158
2002	#168
2003	#169
2004	#166
2005	#139
2006	#139
2007	#138
2008	#144
2009	#144
2010	#145
2011	#131
2012	#125
2013	#114
2014	#119
2015	#128
2016	#123
2017	#136
2018	#142
2019	#155
2020	#157
2021	#163
2022	#174
2023	#180
2024	#184

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 New South Wales, Australia in 12 of the 70 years from 1952 to 2021.

In 2024: #169 among boys in Scotland, #184 among boys in England and Wales, #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1952–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #71 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1952–2021
Highest recorded position: #71 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1952 (recorded 1952–2021).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Maxwell appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 169 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1952.

Maxwell across 5 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.

Maxwell'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
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#71 (1952)	#71 (1952)	#97 (2021)	12 of 70	986 (1952–2021)	103 (2014)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#321 (1975)	#266 (2003)	#829 (2025)	29 of 51	169 (1975–2025)	14 (2010)
England and Wales · Boys	#200 (1996)	#114 (2013)	#184 (2024)	29 of 29	10,006 (1996–2024)	526 (2013)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#280 (2001)	#219 (2013)	#414 (2022)	13 of 22	56 (2001–2022)	9 (2013)
New Zealand · Boys	#97 (2010)	#78 (2013)	#78 (2013)	3 of 4	172 (2010–2013)	62 (2013)

Maxwell 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 Maxwell in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	724	4 of 10	181
2000s	3,110	10 of 10	311
2010sbusiest	4,660	10 of 10	466
2020s	1,512	5 of 10	302

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 466 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2004 and 2005, when recorded births rose by 114, from 252 to 366.

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

Maxwell 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 6 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #71 in New South Wales, Australia in 1952.

Maxwell'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	#184	273	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#180	288	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#174	290	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#163	325	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#157	336	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#155	352	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#142	399	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#136	433	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#123	504	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#128	496	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#119	525	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#114	526	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#125	521	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#131	492	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#145	412	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#144	409	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#144	391	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#138	394	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#139	384	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#139	366	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#166	252	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#169	232	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#168	231	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#158	237	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#166	214	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#170	200	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#189	175	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#175	189	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#200	160	High	Verified
2021	New South Wales, Australia	male	#97	98	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New South Wales, Australia	male	#99	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	male	#99	95	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	male	#97	103	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	male	#98	61	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	male	#90	67	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	male	#89	77	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	male	#100	55	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	male	#75	80	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	male	#80	75	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	male	#75	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	male	#71	99	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New Zealand	male	#78	62	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	male	#89	54	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	male	#97	56	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#363	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#358	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#264	7	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#219	9	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#329	4	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#266	6	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#280	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#637	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	10	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#495	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#345	12	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#508	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#383	10	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#301	14	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	7	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#403	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#266	10	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#393	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#297	6	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#169	26	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
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 6 registrars between 1952 and 2025, ranked in 40 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #71, first reached in 1952.

It held a top-100 place in 15 years, 8 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 526 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 15 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1975, and 72 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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Maxymilian · #490, 15y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 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.

August · #71, 39y
Zane · #70, 37y
Matteo · #68, 38y
Leonardo · #66, 40y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Grahame · #71, 12y
Lucia · #71, 65y
Magdalena · #71, 64y
Eskil · #72, 65y

Maxwell was ranked #71 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1952. 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.

Maxwell 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 Maxwell without appearing here.

Maxwell moved ahead of

Geoffrey Compare
In 2009 they stood at #532 and #386 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #301 and #611.
Ronald Compare
In 2002 they stood at #319 and #271 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2003 that had become #266 and #500.
Raymond Compare
In 2012 they stood at #346 and #346 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #219 and #398.
Garry Compare
In 2008 they stood at #698 and #472 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #532 and #701.

Moved ahead of Maxwell

Archie Compare
In 2007 they stood at #404 and #473 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #698 and #252.
Mathias Compare
In 2023 they stood at #657 and #779 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #785 and #520.
Braxton Compare
In 2016 they stood at #448 and #491 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #495 and #336.
Marius Compare
In 2021 they stood at #646 and #764 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2022 that had become #657 and #509.

Moved the opposite way to Maxwell

Aaron Compare
Between 1975 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Maxwell went from #321 to #829 while Aaron went from #123 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 1975 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Maxwell went from #321 to #829 while Adam went from #150 to #20.
Alex Compare
Between 1975 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Maxwell went from #321 to #829 while Alex went from #321 to #37.
Alexander Compare
Between 1975 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Maxwell went from #321 to #829 while Alexander went from #131 to #55.

Moved the same way as Maxwell

Adrian Compare
Between 1975 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Maxwell went from #321 to #829 and Adrian from #41 to #348.
Bruce Compare
Between 1975 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Maxwell went from #321 to #829 and Bruce from #251 to #676.
Colin Compare
Between 1975 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Maxwell went from #321 to #829 and Colin from #50 to #348.
Darren Compare
Between 1975 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Maxwell went from #321 to #829 and Darren from #35 to #676.

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 6 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #71 in New South Wales, Australia in 1952. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Maxwell

Maxwell at a glance

What stands out in Maxwell's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Maxwell across 5 official records

Maxwell by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Maxwell appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Maxwell

Maxwell and the names beside it

Maxwell moved ahead of

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Maxwell at a glance

What stands out in Maxwell's record

Maxwell across 5 official records

Maxwell by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Maxwell appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Maxwell

Maxwell and the names beside it

Maxwell moved ahead of

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