Maxime
Maxime is a name with a single cultural origin: French.
- French
Meaning & Origin of Maxime
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maxime is a name with a single cultural origin: French.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Maxime
The earliest SSA record of Maxime as a baby boy name dates back to 1920, when 5 babies received it. 2001 was its biggest year on record, with 40 newborns named Maxime — #2,428 in the national rankings. About 29% of every Maxime on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Maxime ranks #4,037 for baby boys with 27 births, gradually falling (-15%). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Maxime
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Maxime. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Maxime
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About the name Maxime
Maxime is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1920 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Maxime's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #2,428. Use the chart and map above to compare Maxime's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.