Meaning and history
Maximus is a Roman cognomen meaning “greatest.” Saint Maximus was a 7th-century monk and theologian from Constantinople.
20062006: 795 births, rank #375
2007: 996 births, rank #322
2008: 1,355 births, rank #258
2009: 1,396 births, rank #249
2010: 1,489 births, rank #234
20112011: 1,649 births, rank #212
2012: 1,844 births, rank #206
2013: 1,932 births, rank #200
2014: 2,137 births, rank #192
2015: 2,066 births, rank #197
20162016: 2,129 births, rank #187
2017: 1,964 births, rank #201
2018: 1,820 births, rank #212
2019: 1,647 births, rank #228
2020: 1,407 births, rank #250
20212021: 1,317 births, rank #262
2022: 1,274 births, rank #270
2023: 1,041 births, rank #319
2024: 1,045 births, rank #331
20252025: 1,249 births, rank #275
Maximus rose from #331 to #276 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2014, with 2,137 births.