Names / Boy names
Max
Current rank
#180
and easing
All-time peak
#96
in 2011
First recorded
1880
in U.S. data
Children named
168,500
since 1880
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #96 in 2011 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Greatest (Latin). Stateside, it first appears in 1880. It hit its high in 2011 at #96. It currently ranks #180 and is slowly cooling. Across all years, more than 168,500 children have been named this.