Is Maxime a boy or girl name?

Maxime is a boy’s name. Of the 1,153 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 4.8% were girls and 95.2% were boys.

Maxime

Recorded 1920–2025 · United States

Maxime was most popular in 2001, when 47 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,080 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,947, with 21 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,153 people named Maxime.

Maxime over time

Births per year. The dot marks Maxime’s peak in 2001. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Maxime a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Maxime is a boy’s name — 4.8% of the 1,153 Americans given it were girls and 95.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 2% girls and 98% 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 Maxime

Where Maxime 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