Is Maksim a boy or girl name?

Maksim is a boy’s name. Of the 2,678 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Maksim

Recorded 1993–2025 · United States

Maksim was most popular in 2011, when 204 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,132 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,272, with 55 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,678 people named Maksim.

Maksim over time

Births per year. The dot marks Maksim’s peak in 2011. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Maksim a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Maksim is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,678 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Maksim

Where Maksim is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org