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 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2009 with 3,958 babies (rank #104 that year). In 2024 it was given to 2,120 boys (rank #175). 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.

166,491

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

3,958

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
1880	52	#230
1881	66	#177
1882	74	#182
1883	75	#163
1884	80	#177
1885	71	#185
1886	73	#184
1887	73	#174
1888	118	#132
1889	83	#163
1890	99	#144
1891	91	#145
1892	95	#167
1893	107	#141
1894	99	#156
1895	95	#165
1896	145	#120
1897	122	#133
1898	132	#136
1899	127	#126
1900	141	#149
1901	110	#148
1902	133	#142
1903	110	#161
1904	134	#145
1905	140	#149
1906	156	#133
1907	197	#122
1908	218	#119
1909	228	#122
1910	277	#115
1911	360	#106
1912	734	#101
1913	897	#101
1914	1,159	#99
1915	1,434	#102
1916	1,493	#105
1917	1,511	#104
1918	1,536	#106
1919	1,458	#110
1920	1,561	#112
1921	1,558	#112
1922	1,518	#117
1923	1,440	#122
1924	1,397	#126
1925	1,385	#128
1926	1,254	#137
1927	1,227	#142
1928	1,405	#125
1929	1,336	#128
1930	1,181	#143
1931	1,183	#140
1932	1,154	#143
1933	1,124	#140
1934	1,335	#126
1935	1,283	#128
1936	1,248	#129
1937	1,106	#141
1938	1,164	#140
1939	979	#162
1940	952	#165
1941	931	#169
1942	971	#170
1943	875	#186
1944	780	#194
1945	803	#189
1946	841	#204
1947	869	#218
1948	743	#236
1949	761	#235
1950	755	#240
1951	805	#238
1952	763	#244
1953	725	#258
1954	743	#260
1955	724	#256
1956	748	#266
1957	740	#279
1958	736	#283
1959	691	#299
1960	670	#297
1961	652	#304
1962	573	#329
1963	549	#335
1964	525	#343
1965	422	#377
1966	448	#355
1967	395	#378
1968	414	#382
1969	375	#410
1970	486	#370
1971	409	#402
1972	390	#396
1973	434	#368
1974	413	#381
1975	415	#382
1976	410	#381
1977	403	#392
1978	414	#383
1979	459	#375
1980	486	#362
1981	501	#351
1982	463	#375
1983	531	#343
1984	632	#308
1985	761	#274
1986	923	#243
1987	1,453	#188
1988	1,386	#197
1989	1,606	#185
1990	1,791	#171
1991	1,829	#175
1992	1,877	#170
1993	1,887	#169
1994	1,624	#191
1995	1,565	#195
1996	1,488	#208
1997	1,698	#194
1998	2,157	#159
1999	2,298	#161
2000	2,355	#165
2001	2,404	#159
2002	2,319	#166
2003	2,460	#162
2004	2,481	#164
2005	2,494	#165
2006	2,643	#160
2007	2,882	#141
2008	3,372	#126
2009	3,958	#104
2010	3,848	#98
2011	3,956	#96
2012	3,696	#105
2013	3,520	#111
2014	3,497	#112
2015	3,419	#118
2016	3,423	#118
2017	3,145	#128
2018	2,877	#136
2019	2,752	#137
2020	2,484	#147
2021	2,410	#160
2022	2,388	#157
2023	2,201	#163
2024	2,120	#175