Maxwell

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Maxwell is a masculine given name. It is of English and Scottish origin, meaning "From Mack's Spring". The name originates as a place name from a location on the River Tweed in Scotland and first recorded in 1144 CE, spelled Mackeswell.

From Wikipedia

Maxwell first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 16 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 194 babies (rank #90 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Maxwell

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

1,754
Total babies (all years)
16
Years in the data
194
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195299#71
195385#75
195475#80
195580#75
195655#100
195777#89
195867#90
195961#98
2014194#90
2015190#114
2016180#126
2017151#102
2018166#99
201984#122
2021166#85
202224#125