Maximilian is an established boys' name that peaked in 2016 and remains in steady use.
Maximilian is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #590 for boy births in the United States (and #1,178 across all names), given to 497 babies. Maximilian was first reported in SSA data in 1907 and peaked in 2016 (717 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 497 | 497 | #590 |
| 2024 | 487 | 487 | #587 |
| 2023 | 518 | 518 | #561 |
| 2022 | 523 | 523 | #567 |
| 2021 | 533 | 533 | #548 |
| 2020 | 595 | 595 | #493 |
| 2019 | 571 | 571 | #502 |
| 2018 | 672 | 672 | #448 |
| 2017 | 652 | 652 | #464 |
| 2016 | 717 | 717 | #433 |
| 2015 | 698 | 698 | #438 |
| 2014 | 668 | 668 | #446 |
| 2013 | 676 | 676 | #429 |
| 2012 | 590 | 590 | #460 |
| 2011 | 632 | 632 | #432 |
| 2010 | 632 | 632 | #435 |
| 2009 | 574 | 574 | #476 |
| 2008 | 593 | 593 | #465 |
| 2007 | 512 | 512 | #514 |
| 2006 | 498 | 498 | #519 |
| 2005 | 498 | 498 | #497 |
| 2004 | 474 | 474 | #514 |
| 2003 | 486 | 486 | #503 |
| 2002 | 481 | 481 | #482 |
| 2001 | 493 | 493 | #478 |
| 2000 | 492 | 492 | #478 |
| 1999 | 435 | 435 | #499 |
| 1998 | 402 | 402 | #519 |
| 1997 | 331 | — | #567 |
| 1996 | 285 | — | #613 |
| 1995 | 280 | — | #614 |
| 1994 | 253 | — | #654 |
| 1993 | 206 | — | #723 |
| 1992 | 206 | — | #719 |
| 1991 | 193 | — | #734 |
| 1990 | 170 | — | #779 |
| 1989 | 180 | — | #739 |
| 1988 | 146 | — | #782 |
| 1987 | 166 | — | #710 |
| 1986 | 116 | — | #843 |
| 1985 | 82 | — | #1,010 |
| 1984 | 60 | — | #1,184 |
| 1983 | 60 | — | #1,175 |
| 1982 | 41 | — | #1,531 |
| 1981 | 38 | — | #1,590 |
| 1980 | 39 | — | #1,560 |
| 1979 | 31 | — | #1,817 |
| 1978 | 32 | — | #1,709 |
| 1977 | 35 | — | #1,596 |
| 1976 | 32 | — | #1,665 |
| 1975 | 28 | — | #1,773 |
| 1974 | 19 | — | #2,248 |
| 1973 | 26 | — | #1,760 |
| 1972 | 13 | — | #2,764 |
| 1971 | 18 | — | #2,247 |
| 1970 | 26 | — | #1,733 |
| 1969 | 18 | — | #2,024 |
| 1968 | 22 | — | #1,716 |
| 1967 | 14 | — | #2,220 |
| 1966 | 12 | — | #2,411 |
| 1965 | 6 | — | #3,793 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | #2,986 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | #3,235 |
| 1962 | 8 | — | #3,214 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | #4,405 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | #4,365 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | #3,471 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | #3,889 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | #3,358 |
| 1935 | 6 | — | #3,515 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | #4,035 |
| 1924 | 7 | — | #3,721 |
| 1922 | 9 | — | #3,160 |
| 1921 | 7 | — | #3,755 |
| 1920 | 10 | — | #2,897 |
| 1919 | 6 | — | #4,020 |
| 1918 | 9 | — | #3,021 |
| 1917 | 11 | — | #2,515 |
| 1916 | 9 | — | #2,858 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | #3,275 |
| 1914 | 12 | — | #1,932 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | #1,477 |