Male name
Maxim
1,937 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2015. Expression number: 6.
Origin
As a given name, from Latin Maximus (“greatest”), superlative of magnus (“great”). Borne by several early Christian saints. As a French or Dutch surname, from the given name. For the machine gun, named after American and British inventor Hiram Maxim (1840–1916).From Wiktionary, entry “Maxim”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2015: 99 births. 1,937 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. It is still given: 313 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 2012: 346 births. 6,998 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. It really came into use around 1986. It is still given: 752 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 2008: 17 births. 233 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. It is still given: 33 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quebec | 4,918 | 1980–2025 | 54th in 2003 |
| France | 3,045 | 1900–2025 | — |
| Switzerland | 1,541* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Berlin | 1,024 | 2012–2023 | 51st in 2020 |
| Belgium | 605 | 2014–2023 | — |
| Austria | 496 | 1984–2025 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first); Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown); Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
6
responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
4 + 1 + 6 + 9 + 4 = 24 → 6
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
1 + 9 = 10 → 1
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
5
freedom, change, movement
4 + 6 + 4 = 14 → 5
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 3, 5, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 4 · work, structure, stability
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.