Maxine

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: French

Meaning

Maxine is an English feminine given name created as a feminine version of the name Max. It has been in regular use since the 1880s. Other names with the diminutive suffix -een, -ene, or -ine were also in fashion during the late 19th century and early 20th century.

From Wikipedia

Maxine first appears in the data in 1884 and has been recorded in 138 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1924 with 3,659 babies (rank #77 that year). In 2024 it was given to 591 girls (rank #520). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Maxine

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

115,387
Total babies (all years)
138
Years in the data
3,659
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18848#831
18856#1,005
18887#1,102
189011#859
18917#1,170
18928#1,145
189317#733
189413#887
189512#964
189614#890
189726#610
189831#584
189934#513
190068#404
190146#437
190262#396
190370#380
190484#359
1905135#286
1906173#247
1907219#222
1908220#228
1909332#179
1910397#171
1911531#152
1912823#134
19131,073#119
19141,396#114
19152,110#98
19162,424#96
19172,647#93
19183,216#87
19193,183#85
19203,507#81
19213,630#77
19223,444#82
19233,603#76
19243,659#77
19253,538#79
19263,150#85
19273,094#87
19283,124#84
19292,994#85
19302,701#93
19312,392#101
19322,223#110
19332,061#110
19342,018#114
19351,926#120
19361,828#127
19371,730#136
19381,824#130
19391,774#137
19401,785#137
19411,750#139
19421,750#148
19431,754#153
19441,603#153
19451,449#162
19461,544#172
19471,584#181
19481,522#181
19491,329#204
19501,253#213
19511,247#218
19521,160#230
19531,172#234
1954989#265
1955870#294
1956892#300
1957773#329
1958687#351
1959698#359
1960592#390
1961628#383
1962572#402
1963499#434
1964446#460
1965424#464
1966366#490
1967288#555
1968257#601
1969237#647
1970262#632
1971197#749
1972163#817
1973162#812
1974132#943
1975128#972
1976114#1,076
1977120#1,084
1978143#973
1979120#1,123
1980110#1,201
1981121#1,136
1982115#1,190
1983110#1,186
1984119#1,148
1985133#1,093
1986125#1,145
1987157#1,001
1988194#899
1989173#1,001
1990173#1,041
1991200#950
1992196#977
1993200#948
1994206#920
1995181#1,019
1996195#978
1997182#1,052
1998187#1,054
1999165#1,182
2000178#1,146
2001206#1,043
2002183#1,140
2003166#1,263
2004150#1,392
2005139#1,504
2006129#1,648
2007138#1,619
2008142#1,602
2009139#1,617
2010161#1,423
2011159#1,430
2012188#1,278
2013238#1,043
2014204#1,196
2015234#1,108
2016309#901
2017311#880
2018319#851
2019347#798
2020370#742
2021410#703
2022483#615
2023590#514
2024591#520