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 1996 and has been recorded in 29 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2012 with 3,220 babies (rank #18 that year). In 2024 it was given to 1,140 boys (rank #44). 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.

59,810

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

3,220

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
1996	1,192	#56
1997	1,244	#57
1998	1,418	#51
1999	1,431	#48
2000	1,794	#38
2001	1,976	#35
2002	2,050	#33
2003	2,154	#34
2004	2,235	#34
2005	2,279	#31
2006	2,248	#29
2007	2,121	#31
2008	2,708	#24
2009	2,762	#25
2010	2,707	#23
2011	3,043	#20
2012	3,220	#18
2013	2,836	#25
2014	2,602	#26
2015	2,407	#28
2016	2,405	#25
2017	2,165	#27
2018	1,867	#31
2019	1,835	#28
2020	1,585	#33
2021	1,650	#34
2022	1,459	#37
2023	1,274	#44
2024	1,140	#44