Max

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Max is a unisex given name. For males, often short for Maximilian, Maxim, Maksym, Maxwell, Maxfield, or Maximus in English; Maximos in Greek; or Maxime or Maxence in French. For females, it is often short for Maxine.

From Wikipedia

Max first appears in the data in 1992 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 1,832 babies (rank #17 that year). In 2025 it was given to 538 boys (rank #26). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Max

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Max yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

11Destiny numberThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

17,702

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

1,832

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Also a character in

In Stranger Things: Max Mayfield — skater, target of Vecna

Famous people named Max

Max Borntheoretical physicist · b. 1882
Max von Lauecrystallographer · b. 1879
Max Euwechess official · b. 1901
Max Frischdiarist · b. 1911
Max Scheleraxiologist · b. 1874

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1992	95	#97
1993	44	#109
1994	147	#87
1995	102	#94
1996	148	#90
1997	170	#78
1998	194	#72
1999	239	#60
2000	242	#59
2001	308	#53
2002	388	#37
2003	452	#30
2004	443	#31
2005	440	#31
2006	310	#27
2007	308	#26
2008	692	#19
2009	686	#16
2010	712	#14
2011	685	#16
2012	649	#16
2013	608	#17
2014	721	#12
2015	1,832	#17
2016	1,743	#20
2017	763	#21
2018	747	#21
2019	937	#23
2020	624	#29
2021	448	#32
2022	406	#35
2023	401	#28
2024	478	#33
2025	538	#26