Max
Max stands at #180 nationally in 2025, drifting down from its high. An old entry (1880) having its biggest moment now, with 167,458 American bearers across the record.
What Max carries
Max · Latin
“greatest”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Max’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Max, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Max since 1880
Max peaked in 2009 at #104; #180 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Max is most common
By share of a state's recorded boys' names, Max runs strongest in District of Columbia at 0.71% in 2025, then Alaska and North Dakota.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Max
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Antonio
#176 in 2025 · Latin
Felix
#175 in 2025 · Latin
Valeria
#162 in 2025 · Latin
Gracie
#227 in 2025 · Latin
Camille
#240 in 2025 · Latin
Mark
#245 in 2025 · Latin
Julia
#131 in 2025 · Latin
Austin
#113 in 2025 · Latin
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About Max
How common is Max today?
Max stands at #180 nationally in 2025, drifting down from its high. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
Does Max have a meaning on record?
“greatest” is the meaning our source sets down, of Latin origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for Max?
By our fixed recipe the closest are Antonio, Felix and Valeria, scored on origin, era, shape and how common they are. The sibling matcher runs the same recipe against the names already in your house.
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