Is Max a boy or girl name?
Max is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 45 girls and 2,120 boys were named Max, so 2.1% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.6% of the 166,491 US babies named Max were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #175
- Girl rank, 2024
- #3,470
- Babies named Max since 1880
- 166,491
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 3,969 babies
Boys and girls named Max, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 765 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 1,112 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 1,567 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 10,859 | 37 | 0.3% |
| 1920s | 14,081 | 113 | 0.8% |
| 1930s | 11,757 | 66 | 0.6% |
| 1940s | 8,526 | 23 | 0.3% |
| 1950s | 7,430 | 35 | 0.5% |
| 1960s | 5,023 | 12 | 0.2% |
| 1970s | 4,233 | 11 | 0.3% |
| 1980s | 8,742 | 55 | 0.6% |
| 1990s | 18,214 | 75 | 0.4% |
| 2000s | 27,368 | 90 | 0.3% |
| 2010s | 34,133 | 267 | 0.8% |
| 2020s | 11,603 | 294 | 2.5% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2,120 | #175 | 45 | #3,470 |
| 2023 | 2,201 | #163 | 73 | #2,456 |
| 2022 | 2,388 | #157 | 52 | #3,148 |
| 2021 | 2,410 | #160 | 53 | #3,095 |
| 2020 | 2,484 | #147 | 71 | #2,461 |
| 2019 | 2,752 | #137 | 28 | #4,855 |
| 2018 | 2,877 | #136 | 56 | #2,953 |
| 2017 | 3,145 | #128 | 42 | #3,676 |
| 2016 | 3,423 | #118 | 54 | #3,086 |
| 2015 | 3,419 | #118 | 23 | #5,775 |
| 2014 | 3,497 | #112 | 14 | #8,350 |
| 2013 | 3,520 | #111 | 19 | #6,637 |
| 2012 | 3,696 | #105 | 15 | #8,064 |
| 2011 | 3,956 | #96 | 8 | #12,956 |
| 2010 | 3,848 | #98 | 8 | #13,057 |
| 2009 | 3,958 | #104 | 11 | #10,421 |
| 2008 | 3,372 | #126 | 7 | #14,847 |
| 2007 | 2,882 | #141 | 9 | #12,318 |
| 2006 | 2,643 | #160 | 12 | #9,699 |
| 2005 | 2,494 | #165 | 7 | #13,971 |
| 2004 | 2,481 | #164 | 13 | #8,561 |
| 2003 | 2,460 | #162 | 5 | #17,427 |
| 2002 | 2,319 | #166 | 9 | #10,789 |
| 2001 | 2,404 | #159 | 9 | #10,705 |
| 2000 | 2,355 | #165 | 8 | #11,423 |
| 1999 | 2,298 | #161 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 2,157 | #159 | 7 | #11,950 |
| 1997 | 1,698 | #194 | 7 | #11,627 |
| 1996 | 1,488 | #208 | 10 | #8,599 |
| 1995 | 1,565 | #195 | 12 | #7,360 |
| 1994 | 1,624 | #191 | 7 | #11,326 |
| 1993 | 1,887 | #169 | 9 | #9,236 |
| 1992 | 1,877 | #170 | 10 | #8,501 |
| 1991 | 1,829 | #175 | 13 | #6,847 |
| 1990 | 1,791 | #171 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 1,606 | #185 | 11 | #7,276 |
| 1988 | 1,386 | #197 | 17 | #4,989 |
| 1987 | 1,453 | #188 | 7 | #9,429 |
| 1986 | 923 | #243 | 7 | #9,182 |
| 1985 | 761 | #274 | 8 | #8,028 |
| 1984 | 632 | #308 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 531 | #343 | 5 | #11,329 |
| 1982 | 463 | #375 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 501 | #351 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 486 | #362 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 459 | #375 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 414 | #383 | 6 | #9,280 |
| 1977 | 403 | #392 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 410 | #381 | 5 | #10,259 |
| 1975 | 415 | #382 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 413 | #381 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 434 | #368 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 390 | #396 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 409 | #402 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 486 | #370 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 375 | #410 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 414 | #382 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 395 | #378 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 448 | #355 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 422 | #377 | 5 | #7,170 |
| 1964 | 525 | #343 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 549 | #335 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 573 | #329 | 7 | #5,652 |
| 1961 | 652 | #304 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 670 | #297 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 691 | #299 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1958 | 736 | #283 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 740 | #279 | 6 | #5,851 |
| 1956 | 748 | #266 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 724 | #256 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 743 | #260 | 5 | #6,319 |
| 1953 | 725 | #258 | 5 | #6,235 |
| 1952 | 763 | #244 | 7 | #4,783 |
| 1951 | 805 | #238 | 6 | #5,224 |
| 1950 | 755 | #240 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 761 | #235 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 743 | #236 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 869 | #218 | 5 | #5,836 |
| 1946 | 841 | #204 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 803 | #189 | 7 | #3,905 |
| 1944 | 780 | #194 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 875 | #186 | 5 | #5,125 |
| 1942 | 971 | #170 | 6 | #4,468 |
| 1941 | 931 | #169 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 952 | #165 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 979 | #162 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 1,164 | #140 | 7 | #3,726 |
| 1937 | 1,106 | #141 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 1,248 | #129 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 1,283 | #128 | 10 | #2,864 |
| 1934 | 1,335 | #126 | 8 | #3,364 |
| 1933 | 1,124 | #140 | 12 | #2,498 |
| 1932 | 1,154 | #143 | 11 | #2,773 |
| 1931 | 1,183 | #140 | 10 | #2,911 |
| 1930 | 1,181 | #143 | 8 | #3,553 |
| 1929 | 1,336 | #128 | 13 | #2,532 |
| 1928 | 1,405 | #125 | 12 | #2,720 |
| 1927 | 1,227 | #142 | 12 | #2,801 |
| 1926 | 1,254 | #137 | 10 | #3,196 |
| 1925 | 1,385 | #128 | 10 | #3,284 |
| 1924 | 1,397 | #126 | 7 | #4,302 |
| 1923 | 1,440 | #122 | 13 | #2,679 |
| 1922 | 1,518 | #117 | 14 | #2,563 |
| 1921 | 1,558 | #112 | 12 | #2,882 |
| 1920 | 1,561 | #112 | 10 | #3,268 |
| 1919 | 1,458 | #110 | 11 | #2,936 |
| 1918 | 1,536 | #106 | 8 | #3,743 |
| 1917 | 1,511 | #104 | 7 | #3,971 |
| 1916 | 1,493 | #105 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 1,434 | #102 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 1,159 | #99 | 6 | #3,475 |
| 1913 | 897 | #101 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 734 | #101 | 5 | #3,280 |
| 1911 | 360 | #106 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 277 | #115 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 228 | #122 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 218 | #119 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 197 | #122 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 156 | #133 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 140 | #149 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 134 | #145 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 110 | #161 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 133 | #142 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 110 | #148 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 141 | #149 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 127 | #126 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 132 | #136 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 122 | #133 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 145 | #120 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 95 | #165 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 99 | #156 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 107 | #141 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 95 | #167 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 91 | #145 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 99 | #144 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 83 | #163 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 118 | #132 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 73 | #174 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 73 | #184 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 71 | #185 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 80 | #177 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 75 | #163 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 74 | #182 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 66 | #177 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 52 | #230 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Max reached #96 in 2011. As a girl name, it reached #2,456 in 2023. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2000s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Max
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.