Max

Primarily a boy's name · 99% 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 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 517 babies (rank #65 that year). In 2024 it was given to 333 boys (rank #86). 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.

9,601

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

517

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
1991	90	#300
1992	109	#269
1993	95	#290
1994	75	#316
1995	86	#318
1996	100	#277
1997	124	#233
1998	127	#222
1999	151	#191
2000	168	#173
2001	188	#165
2002	186	#160
2003	215	#140
2004	227	#139
2005	207	#148
2006	216	#148
2007	253	#137
2008	339	#114
2009	381	#103
2010	395	#101
2011	416	#96
2012	410	#97
2013	417	#96
2014	447	#82
2015	479	#77
2016	517	#65
2017	448	#77
2018	431	#77
2019	408	#84
2020	363	#88
2021	398	#81
2022	385	#76
2023	336	#84
2024	333	#86