Max Boy Name

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The name Max is a diminutive form of Maximilian. The table below indicates the number of times the name Max has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Max**
Use of the Name Max for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
104,074	51,695	38,835	21,133	11,935	4,880	2,434

The table below indicates the number of times the name Max has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Max**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	230	52
1881	177	66
1882	182	74
1883	163	75
1884	177	80
1885	185	71
1886	184	73
1887	174	73
1888	132	118
1889	163	83
1890	144	99
1891	145	91
1892	167	95
1893	141	107
1894	156	99
1895	165	95
1896	120	145
1897	133	122
1898	136	132
1899	126	127
1900	148	142
1901	148	109
1902	142	132
1903	161	110
1904	145	134
1905	149	140
1906	133	156
1907	122	197
1908	119	218
1909	122	227
1910	115	275
1911	106	358
1912	101	734
1913	101	895
1914	99	1,160
1915	102	1,435
1916	105	1,494
1917	105	1,512
1918	107	1,536
1919	110	1,453
1920	112	1,564
1921	113	1,555
1922	117	1,510
1923	121	1,445
1924	126	1,403
1925	128	1,381
1926	137	1,253
1927	142	1,227
1928	127	1,398
1929	127	1,332
1930	143	1,179
1931	140	1,180
1932	143	1,156
1933	139	1,123
1934	126	1,331
1935	128	1,280
1936	128	1,249
1937	141	1,105
1938	140	1,163
1939	162	982
1940	165	947
1941	169	930
1942	170	965
1943	186	872
1944	194	780
1945	189	803
1946	204	832
1947	217	864
1948	236	738
1949	235	759
1950	240	756
1951	239	799
1952	246	761
1953	258	721
1954	261	742
1955	255	724
1956	266	745
1957	279	739
1958	282	736
1959	299	689
1960	298	669
1961	304	648
1962	328	574
1963	335	550
1964	343	524
1965	379	419
1966	356	444
1967	377	395
1968	382	414
1969	410	375
1970	369	487
1971	403	406
1972	396	388
1973	368	432
1974	383	408
1975	381	414
1976	381	409
1977	392	402
1978	382	413
1979	376	456
1980	364	480
1981	352	500
1982	374	464
1983	345	525
1984	309	629
1985	274	759
1986	243	922
1987	188	1,447
1988	197	1,382
1989	185	1,603
1990	172	1,787
1991	175	1,825
1992	171	1,871
1993	169	1,883
1994	190	1,625
1995	195	1,565
1996	208	1,485
1997	194	1,697
1998	158	2,154
1999	161	2,297
2000	164	2,351
2001	159	2,395
2002	165	2,309
2003	162	2,446
2004	164	2,434
Totals:		104,074		0

During the last 125 years, parents have used Max as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.

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