Maxy
Max Hermann Maxy was a Romanian painter, art professor, scenographer, and professor of German-Jewish descent.
Meaning & Origin of Maxy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Max Hermann Maxy was a Romanian painter, art professor, scenographer, and professor of German-Jewish descent.
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The Story of Maxy
Maxy first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2011, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2011: 6 births, good for #10,806 nationwide. Maxy last appeared in the published SSA data in 2015, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 11 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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About the name Maxy
Maxy is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2011 and has accumulated 11 births in the dataset. Maxy's peak popularity came in 2011 when it ranked #10,806. Use the chart and map above to compare Maxy'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 .
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