Maxim is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2012 and has grown less common since.
Maxim is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,524 for boy births in the United States (and #3,244 across all names), given to 114 babies. Maxim first appears in 1923 and peaked in 2012 (346 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 114 | 114 | — | #1,524 |
| 2024 | 125 | 125 | — | #1,453 |
| 2023 | 142 | 142 | — | #1,337 |
| 2022 | 174 | 174 | — | #1,176 |
| 2021 | 197 | 197 | — | #1,078 |
| 2020 | 177 | 177 | — | #1,114 |
| 2019 | 216 | 216 | — | #986 |
| 2018 | 240 | 240 | — | #903 |
| 2017 | 249 | 249 | — | #871 |
| 2016 | 265 | 265 | — | #847 |
| 2015 | 301 | 301 | — | #780 |
| 2014 | 335 | 335 | — | #721 |
| 2013 | 319 | 319 | — | #732 |
| 2012 | 346 | 346 | — | #687 |
| 2011 | 313 | 313 | — | #728 |
| 2010 | 320 | 320 | #16,277 | #730 |
| 2009 | 319 | 319 | — | #732 |
| 2008 | 334 | 334 | — | #704 |
| 2007 | 273 | 273 | — | #790 |
| 2006 | 236 | 236 | — | #853 |
| 2005 | 177 | 177 | — | #983 |
| 2004 | 194 | 194 | — | #896 |
| 2003 | 204 | 204 | — | #851 |
| 2002 | 168 | 168 | — | #956 |
| 2001 | 167 | 167 | — | #932 |
| 2000 | 158 | 158 | — | #964 |
| 1999 | 109 | 109 | — | #1,185 |
| 1998 | 94 | 94 | — | #1,282 |
| 1997 | 82 | — | — | #1,360 |
| 1996 | 64 | — | — | #1,566 |
| 1995 | 46 | — | — | #1,877 |
| 1994 | 50 | — | — | #1,764 |
| 1993 | 47 | — | — | #1,815 |
| 1992 | 41 | — | — | #1,970 |
| 1991 | 30 | — | — | #2,378 |
| 1990 | 35 | — | — | #2,114 |
| 1989 | 29 | — | — | #2,332 |
| 1988 | 31 | — | — | #2,077 |
| 1987 | 35 | — | — | #1,855 |
| 1986 | 25 | — | — | #2,268 |
| 1985 | 9 | — | — | #4,558 |
| 1984 | 16 | — | — | #2,902 |
| 1983 | 8 | — | — | #4,768 |
| 1982 | 11 | — | — | #3,855 |
| 1981 | 12 | — | — | #3,538 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | — | #5,982 |
| 1979 | 9 | — | — | #4,276 |
| 1978 | 6 | — | — | #5,533 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | — | #5,372 |
| 1973 | 6 | — | — | #4,884 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | — | #3,561 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | — | #3,786 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | — | #3,889 |
| 1963 | 6 | — | — | #3,891 |
| 1962 | 8 | — | — | #3,213 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | — | #3,915 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | — | #3,827 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | — | #4,289 |
| 1953 | 7 | — | — | #3,313 |
| 1952 | 7 | — | — | #3,281 |
| 1946 | 7 | — | — | #3,089 |
| 1944 | 6 | — | — | #3,333 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | — | #3,137 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | — | #2,863 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | — | #3,831 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | — | #3,345 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | — | #3,885 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | — | #4,021 |
| 1926 | 5 | — | — | #4,595 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | — | #3,357 |