The name Maximilian is of German origin, and is derived from the Roman name Maximilianus.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Maximilian 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 Maximilian
Use of the Name Maximilian for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
8,568
8,568
8,568
6,255
3,901
1,669
818
The table below indicates the number of times the name Maximilian has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Maximilian first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1985, which is the first year shown on the table.
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 Maximilian
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1985
907
100
1986
772
138
1987
639
206
1988
707
176
1989
669
223
1990
687
218
1991
650
244
1992
611
284
1993
548
345
1994
521
379
1995
518
389
1996
497
422
1997
471
459
1998
441
517
1999
414
567
2000
390
655
2001
364
729
2002
326
848
2003
335
851
2004
343
818
Totals:
8,568
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Maximilian as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and almost never as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name Maximilian appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 20 times during the last 125 years.