Maxwell is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 2014 and has grown less common since.
Maxwell is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #189 among boys (1,924) and #7,375 among girls (15) — overall #355 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,939 | 1,939 | #7,375 | #189 |
| 2024 | 2,052 | 2,052 | #4,851 | #182 |
| 2023 | 2,036 | 2,036 | #3,559 | #182 |
| 2022 | 2,235 | 2,235 | #3,149 | #173 |
| 2021 | 2,429 | 2,429 | #3,283 | #162 |
| 2020 | 2,567 | 2,567 | #2,997 | #146 |
| 2019 | 2,693 | 2,693 | #2,951 | #147 |
| 2018 | 2,968 | 2,968 | #2,803 | #134 |
| 2017 | 3,147 | 3,147 | #2,650 | #133 |
| 2016 | 3,645 | 3,645 | #2,851 | #111 |
| 2015 | 3,593 | 3,593 | #3,824 | #113 |
| 2014 | 3,773 | 3,773 | #4,329 | #107 |
| 2013 | 3,669 | 3,669 | #5,253 | #108 |
| 2012 | 3,241 | 3,241 | #13,023 | #114 |
| 2011 | 3,056 | 3,056 | — | #133 |
| 2010 | 3,020 | 3,020 | #18,874 | #133 |
| 2009 | 3,080 | 3,080 | — | #132 |
| 2008 | 3,063 | 3,063 | #19,464 | #134 |
| 2007 | 2,719 | 2,719 | #16,857 | #153 |
| 2006 | 2,797 | 2,797 | #19,048 | #149 |
| 2005 | 2,810 | 2,810 | — | #140 |
| 2004 | 2,942 | 2,942 | #7,693 | #136 |
| 2003 | 3,094 | 3,094 | #12,008 | #132 |
| 2002 | 3,042 | 3,042 | #14,782 | #129 |
| 2001 | 3,190 | 3,190 | #12,965 | #124 |
| 2000 | 3,371 | 3,371 | #12,657 | #113 |
| 1999 | 3,338 | 3,344 | — | #106 |
| 1998 | 2,799 | 2,799 | #10,767 | #136 |
| 1997 | 2,317 | — | — | #148 |
| 1996 | 1,906 | — | #14,982 | #177 |
| 1995 | 1,843 | — | #14,908 | #178 |
| 1994 | 1,727 | — | #10,179 | #182 |
| 1993 | 1,789 | — | #10,212 | #182 |
| 1992 | 1,876 | — | — | #171 |
| 1991 | 1,729 | — | #14,553 | #188 |
| 1990 | 1,631 | — | #10,953 | #189 |
| 1989 | 1,406 | — | #13,743 | #205 |
| 1988 | 1,219 | — | #6,947 | #217 |
| 1987 | 1,026 | — | #8,470 | #231 |
| 1986 | 608 | — | — | #327 |
| 1985 | 467 | — | — | #383 |
| 1984 | 299 | — | — | #484 |
| 1983 | 220 | — | — | #571 |
| 1982 | 190 | — | — | #629 |
| 1981 | 208 | — | — | #595 |
| 1980 | 189 | — | — | #635 |
| 1979 | 150 | — | — | #699 |
| 1978 | 117 | — | — | #783 |
| 1977 | 122 | — | — | #772 |
| 1976 | 95 | — | — | #858 |
| 1975 | 102 | — | — | #826 |
| 1974 | 86 | — | — | #865 |
| 1973 | 94 | — | — | #822 |
| 1972 | 74 | — | — | #933 |
| 1971 | 56 | — | — | #1,097 |
| 1970 | 71 | — | — | #954 |
| 1969 | 79 | — | — | #865 |
| 1968 | 71 | — | — | #864 |
| 1967 | 57 | — | — | #963 |
| 1966 | 64 | — | — | #909 |
| 1965 | 65 | — | — | #923 |
| 1964 | 61 | — | — | #977 |
| 1963 | 64 | — | — | #943 |
| 1962 | 58 | — | — | #1,011 |
| 1961 | 54 | — | — | #1,064 |
| 1960 | 59 | — | — | #1,004 |
| 1959 | 81 | — | — | #841 |
| 1958 | 59 | — | — | #998 |
| 1957 | 66 | — | — | #933 |
| 1956 | 82 | — | — | #827 |
| 1955 | 90 | — | — | #768 |
| 1954 | 78 | — | — | #824 |
| 1953 | 66 | — | — | #886 |
| 1952 | 73 | — | — | #827 |
| 1951 | 65 | — | — | #873 |
| 1950 | 63 | — | — | #867 |
| 1949 | 59 | — | — | #902 |
| 1948 | 59 | — | — | #897 |
| 1947 | 66 | — | — | #858 |
| 1946 | 82 | — | — | #724 |
| 1945 | 52 | — | — | #874 |
| 1944 | 69 | — | — | #751 |
| 1943 | 66 | — | — | #812 |
| 1942 | 64 | — | — | #811 |
| 1941 | 65 | — | — | #775 |
| 1940 | 59 | — | — | #816 |
| 1939 | 69 | — | — | #722 |
| 1938 | 74 | — | — | #713 |
| 1937 | 53 | — | — | #840 |
| 1936 | 59 | — | — | #804 |
| 1935 | 75 | — | — | #700 |
| 1934 | 68 | — | — | #744 |
| 1933 | 68 | — | — | #743 |
| 1932 | 89 | — | — | #640 |
| 1931 | 84 | — | — | #655 |
| 1930 | 98 | — | — | #624 |
| 1929 | 127 | — | — | #521 |
| 1928 | 116 | — | — | #572 |
| 1927 | 103 | — | — | #617 |
| 1926 | 87 | — | — | #681 |
| 1925 | 113 | — | — | #593 |
| 1924 | 117 | — | — | #588 |
| 1923 | 124 | — | — | #559 |
| 1922 | 142 | — | — | #519 |
| 1921 | 109 | — | — | #605 |
| 1920 | 120 | — | — | #569 |
| 1919 | 134 | — | — | #514 |
| 1918 | 150 | — | — | #488 |
| 1917 | 155 | — | #3,591 | #471 |
| 1916 | 147 | — | — | #473 |
| 1915 | 176 | — | — | #404 |
| 1914 | 132 | — | — | #415 |
| 1913 | 121 | — | — | #385 |
| 1912 | 113 | — | — | #366 |
| 1911 | 49 | — | — | #410 |
| 1910 | 41 | — | — | #429 |
| 1909 | 29 | — | — | #481 |
| 1908 | 27 | — | — | #483 |
| 1907 | 22 | — | — | #504 |
| 1906 | 29 | — | — | #405 |
| 1905 | 23 | — | — | #473 |
| 1904 | 17 | — | — | #553 |
| 1903 | 17 | — | — | #542 |
| 1902 | 26 | — | — | #401 |
| 1901 | 18 | — | — | #461 |
| 1900 | 22 | — | — | #503 |
| 1899 | 12 | — | — | #602 |
| 1898 | 16 | — | — | #533 |
| 1897 | 21 | — | — | #419 |
| 1896 | 16 | — | — | #527 |
| 1895 | 13 | — | — | #594 |
| 1894 | 8 | — | — | #835 |
| 1893 | 13 | — | — | #560 |
| 1892 | 10 | — | — | #731 |
| 1891 | 7 | — | — | #816 |
| 1890 | 15 | — | — | #502 |
| 1889 | 11 | — | — | #610 |
| 1888 | 7 | — | — | #885 |
| 1887 | 7 | — | — | #802 |
| 1886 | 6 | — | — | #926 |
| 1885 | 8 | — | — | #742 |
| 1884 | 8 | — | — | #737 |
| 1883 | 10 | — | — | #622 |
| 1882 | 6 | — | — | #912 |
| 1880 | 9 | — | — | #668 |