boy's name

Maxx

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 1
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 4,830

Ireland

#868

2015 births

Maxx is a boy's name with 1 syllable. In 2025 it was given to 98 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2010, when 216 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 33,831 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1980.
  • 1 syllable, with the stress on syllable 1.

Maxx over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,705
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Maxx by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 215
1990s 682
2000s 1,057
2010s 1,705
2020s (to 2025) 530

How popular is Maxx?

In 2025, Maxx was given to 98 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Maxx is used

Ireland #868 3 in 2015
Scotland #891 3 in 2022
United States #1,770 98 in 2025
England & Wales #2,916 8 in 2024
Canada #3,216 6 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

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 Maxx

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Maxx also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Maxx over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Maxx

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Maxx — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Maxx

How popular is the name Maxx?

In 2025, Maxx was given to 98 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Maxx a girl's or a boy's name?

Maxx is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Maxx?

Maxx has 1 syllable.

When was Maxx most popular?

Maxx peaked in 2010, when 216 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Maxx a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Maxx currently ranks #1,770 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.