Maxwell is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #354 for boy births in the United States, given to 1,939 babies. Maxwell first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2014 (3,773 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,939 | #354 |
| 2024 | 2,052 | #337 |
| 2023 | 2,036 | #329 |
| 2022 | 2,235 | #303 |
| 2021 | 2,429 | #286 |
| 2020 | 2,567 | #259 |
| 2019 | 2,693 | #259 |
| 2018 | 2,968 | #238 |
| 2017 | 3,147 | #233 |
| 2016 | 3,645 | #195 |
| 2015 | 3,593 | #195 |
| 2014 | 3,773 | #184 |
| 2013 | 3,669 | #191 |
| 2012 | 3,241 | #211 |
| 2011 | 3,056 | #234 |
| 2010 | 3,020 | #234 |
| 2009 | 3,080 | #239 |
| 2008 | 3,063 | #247 |
| 2007 | 2,719 | #286 |
| 2006 | 2,797 | #272 |
| 2005 | 2,810 | #260 |
| 2004 | 2,942 | #251 |
| 2003 | 3,094 | #242 |
| 2002 | 3,042 | #242 |
| 2001 | 3,190 | #231 |
| 2000 | 3,371 | #215 |
| 1999 | 3,338 | #209 |
| 1998 | 2,799 | #255 |
| 1997 | 2,317 | #289 |
| 1996 | 1,906 | #341 |
| 1995 | 1,843 | #345 |
| 1994 | 1,727 | #359 |
| 1993 | 1,789 | #355 |
| 1992 | 1,876 | #333 |
| 1991 | 1,729 | #362 |
| 1990 | 1,631 | #369 |
| 1989 | 1,406 | #399 |
| 1988 | 1,219 | #432 |
| 1987 | 1,026 | #481 |
| 1986 | 608 | #706 |
| 1985 | 467 | #840 |
| 1984 | 299 | #1,070 |
| 1983 | 220 | #1,288 |
| 1982 | 190 | #1,427 |
| 1981 | 208 | #1,353 |
| 1980 | 189 | #1,435 |
| 1979 | 150 | #1,632 |
| 1978 | 117 | #1,848 |
| 1977 | 122 | #1,798 |
| 1976 | 95 | #1,979 |
| 1975 | 102 | #1,907 |
| 1974 | 86 | #2,050 |
| 1973 | 94 | #1,931 |
| 1972 | 74 | #2,203 |
| 1971 | 56 | #2,641 |
| 1970 | 71 | #2,322 |
| 1969 | 79 | #2,053 |
| 1968 | 71 | #2,111 |
| 1967 | 57 | #2,352 |
| 1966 | 64 | #2,206 |
| 1965 | 65 | #2,215 |
| 1964 | 61 | #2,337 |
| 1963 | 64 | #2,251 |
| 1962 | 58 | #2,364 |
| 1961 | 54 | #2,481 |
| 1960 | 59 | #2,334 |
| 1959 | 81 | #1,965 |
| 1958 | 59 | #2,282 |
| 1957 | 66 | #2,144 |
| 1956 | 82 | #1,913 |
| 1955 | 90 | #1,773 |
| 1954 | 78 | #1,887 |
| 1953 | 66 | #2,007 |
| 1952 | 73 | #1,863 |
| 1951 | 65 | #1,960 |
| 1950 | 63 | #1,963 |
| 1949 | 59 | #2,010 |
| 1948 | 59 | #2,004 |
| 1947 | 66 | #1,889 |
| 1946 | 82 | #1,592 |
| 1945 | 52 | #1,907 |
| 1944 | 69 | #1,629 |
| 1943 | 66 | #1,731 |
| 1942 | 64 | #1,726 |
| 1941 | 65 | #1,626 |
| 1940 | 59 | #1,693 |
| 1939 | 69 | #1,508 |
| 1938 | 74 | #1,486 |
| 1937 | 53 | #1,738 |
| 1936 | 59 | #1,632 |
| 1935 | 75 | #1,433 |
| 1934 | 68 | #1,510 |
| 1933 | 68 | #1,498 |
| 1932 | 89 | #1,314 |
| 1931 | 84 | #1,351 |
| 1930 | 98 | #1,281 |
| 1929 | 127 | #1,111 |
| 1928 | 116 | #1,200 |
| 1927 | 103 | #1,293 |
| 1926 | 87 | #1,419 |
| 1925 | 113 | #1,261 |
| 1924 | 117 | #1,254 |
| 1923 | 124 | #1,213 |
| 1922 | 142 | #1,119 |
| 1921 | 109 | #1,293 |
| 1920 | 120 | #1,223 |
| 1919 | 134 | #1,110 |
| 1918 | 150 | #1,063 |
| 1917 | 155 | #987 |
| 1916 | 147 | #1,011 |
| 1915 | 176 | #872 |
| 1914 | 132 | #892 |
| 1913 | 121 | #836 |
| 1912 | 113 | #806 |
| 1911 | 49 | #1,022 |
| 1910 | 41 | #1,085 |
| 1909 | 29 | #1,220 |
| 1908 | 27 | #1,225 |
| 1907 | 22 | #1,288 |
| 1906 | 29 | #1,079 |
| 1905 | 23 | #1,223 |
| 1904 | 17 | #1,411 |
| 1903 | 17 | #1,355 |
| 1902 | 26 | #1,045 |
| 1901 | 18 | #1,215 |
| 1900 | 22 | #1,277 |
| 1899 | 12 | #1,502 |
| 1898 | 16 | #1,365 |
| 1897 | 21 | #1,087 |
| 1896 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 1895 | 13 | #1,458 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,854 |
| 1893 | 13 | #1,350 |
| 1892 | 10 | #1,617 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,792 |
| 1890 | 15 | #1,201 |
| 1889 | 11 | #1,383 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,780 |
| 1887 | 7 | #1,660 |
| 1886 | 6 | #1,777 |
| 1885 | 8 | #1,477 |
| 1884 | 8 | #1,486 |
| 1883 | 10 | #1,229 |
| 1882 | 6 | #1,627 |
| 1880 | 9 | #1,258 |