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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2013 with 526 babies (rank #114 that year). It was not in the 2024 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.

7,310
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
526
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
1996160#200
1997189#176
1998175#190
1999200#170
2000214#167
2001237#158
2002231#168
2003232#169
2004252#166
2005366#139
2006384#139
2007394#138
2008391#144
2009409#144
2010412#145
2011492#132
2012521#125
2013526#114
2014525#119
2015496#128
2016504#123