boy's name
Maximiliano
mak-see-mee-lee-AH-no
- Origin Latin
- Gender Boy
- Letters 11
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 24,597
the United States
#280
2025 births
Maximiliano is a boy's name of Latin origin, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Maximilian. The Latin name was invented rather than inherited: a Holy Roman Emperor built it for his son by fusing Maximus and Aemilianus, two Roman names he admired.
- Maximiliano is a name of Latin origin.
- Peaked in 2019, when 1,460 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 2,742 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1917.
Maximiliano over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 |
| 1920s | 58 |
| 1930s | 48 |
| 1940s | 52 |
| 1950s | 40 |
| 1960s | 69 |
| 1970s | 172 |
| 1980s | 258 |
| 1990s | 1,063 |
| 2000s | 3,827 |
| 2010s | 11,173 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 7,207 |
What Maximiliano means
Maximiliano carries the sense of greatest, from the Latin maximus. The second half comes from Aemilianus, a Roman family name of its own, so the whole is a deliberate compound rather than a phrase with a single meaning.
Where Maximiliano comes from
Maximiliano descends from the Latin Maximilianus by way of Spanish. The name's creation is unusually well documented: Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, coined it for his son born in 1459 by joining Maximus, greatest, to Aemilianus, after the Roman general Fabius Maximus and Scipio Aemilianus. That son became Maximilian I, and the name spread through the Habsburg lands and then across Catholic Europe. It reached Spanish and Portuguese as Maximiliano, and Latin American usage carried it into the American records, where it appears from 1917.
Maximiliano in use
Maximiliano charts in only four of the seven countries we track and peaked in 2019.
How popular is Maximiliano?
In 2025, Maximiliano was given to 1,209 babies in the United States, ranking #280 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Maximiliano is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Maximiliano
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Maximiliano also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Maximiliano over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
3 nicknames for Maximiliano
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Maximiliano in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- French
- Maximilien
- German
- Maximilian
- Italian
- Massimiliano
- Polish
- Maksymilian Maks
- Slovene
- Maks
- Sorbian
- Maks
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Maxie Maximillian
Sibling names for Maximiliano
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Maximiliano — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Maximiliano
What does the name Maximiliano mean?
Greatest, from the Latin maximus, combined with the Roman family name Aemilianus.
Where does Maximilian come from?
It was coined in 1459 by Emperor Frederick III for his son, fusing Maximus and Aemilianus after two Romans he admired.
What is short for Maximiliano?
Max is by far the most common, with Maxi also used in Spanish-speaking countries.
How popular is the name Maximiliano?
In 2025, Maximiliano was given to 1,209 babies in the United States, ranking #280 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Is Maximiliano a girl's or a boy's name?
Maximiliano is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
When was Maximiliano most popular?
Maximiliano peaked in 2019, when 1,460 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Maximiliano?
Maximiliano is usually shortened to Max, Maxi and Milo.
Is Maximiliano a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Maximiliano currently ranks #280 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.