The name Maxwell is of Scottish origin, and means Marcus' well.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Maxwell 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 Maxwell
Use of the Name Maxwell for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
48,467
43,951
42,213
27,699
15,522
5,951
2,872
The table below indicates the number of times the name Maxwell 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 Maxwell
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
668
9
1881
1882
913
6
1883
622
10
1884
737
8
1885
743
8
1886
925
6
1887
802
7
1888
886
7
1889
610
11
1890
502
15
1891
817
7
1892
732
10
1893
560
13
1894
835
8
1895
595
13
1896
527
16
1897
419
21
1898
534
16
1899
602
12
1900
506
22
1901
461
18
1902
401
26
1903
542
17
1904
553
17
1905
473
23
1906
405
29
1907
504
22
1908
484
27
1909
479
29
1910
428
41
1911
407
49
1912
365
113
1913
385
121
1914
413
132
1915
405
176
1916
474
147
1917
470
147
1918
487
150
1919
514
134
1920
570
120
1921
603
110
1922
526
140
1923
568
122
1924
588
117
1925
592
113
1926
678
88
1927
622
102
1928
577
115
1929
521
127
1930
624
98
1931
653
84
1932
632
90
1933
747
67
1934
750
67
1935
700
75
1936
799
59
1937
844
53
1938
707
75
1939
733
67
1940
806
60
1941
790
63
1942
810
64
1943
818
65
1944
758
68
1945
859
54
1946
732
80
1947
864
65
1948
879
60
1949
903
59
1950
869
62
1951
871
65
1952
829
72
1953
873
68
1954
817
79
1955
767
90
1956
832
81
1957
932
66
1958
1000
58
1959
837
82
1960
1961
1962
1963
943
64
1964
972
62
1965
922
65
1966
908
64
1967
962
57
1968
874
68
1969
869
78
1970
971
69
1971
1972
924
75
1973
822
94
1974
859
87
1975
831
100
1976
870
93
1977
772
122
1978
793
115
1979
705
148
1980
635
188
1981
595
207
1982
634
188
1983
570
220
1984
488
295
1985
384
466
1986
327
609
1987
230
1,013
1988
217
1,206
1989
205
1,402
1990
188
1,626
1991
187
1,720
1992
170
1,873
1993
181
1,783
1994
181
1,718
1995
178
1,838
1996
177
1,899
1997
148
2,316
1998
135
2,789
1999
106
3,335
2000
113
3,362
2001
124
3,180
2002
129
3,029
2003
132
3,079
2004
136
2,872
Totals:
48,467
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Maxwell as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Maxwell appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 120 times during the last 125 years.