Maxwell
Maxwell places #189 across the country in 2025, past its crest and settling. Its record runs from 1880 through a 1999 peak, 108,732 children in all.
Maxwell’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Maxwell, 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.
Maxwell since 1880
Maxwell peaked in 1999 at #106; #189 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Maxwell is most common
Among the states, Maxwell takes its largest share in District of Columbia, 0.55% of the boys' names recorded there in 2025, with Rhode Island and Vermont next.
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 Maxwell
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Molly
#196 in 2025 · Hebrew
Miguel
#212 in 2025 · Hebrew
Mason
#39 in 2025
Matthew
#32 in 2025 · Hebrew
Lila
#187 in 2025
Chase
#192 in 2025
Reese
#192 in 2025
Cole
#182 in 2025
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About Maxwell
How common is Maxwell today?
Maxwell places #189 across the country in 2025, past its crest and settling. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
Does Maxwell have a meaning on record?
Maxwell postdates the reference we are able to quote, so no meaning is shown; the popularity record above is the fact this page can stand on.
Is there a sibling name for Maxwell?
Molly, Miguel and Mason sit nearest to Maxwell on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
Get Maxwell’s free Name Kit
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