Given name & surname
Maxie
“the greatest”
Maxie is a variant of Maximilian. One Latin interpretation is “the greatest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maxie is a variant of Maximilian. One Latin interpretation is “the greatest.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Maxie is a variant of Maximilian. An origin associated with Maximilian is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1884. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maxie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,672
- 4,647 boys · 4,025 girls
- Most popular year
- 1935
- 215 babies
- 2025
- 23
- #7,027 for girls · #10,322 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +34%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 22% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,027 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 96 in 1917. It also appeared in 7 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,874 as a first name in 2020; 2,923 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maxie’s family of names
Maxie has a related form in Max. Maxie has a related form in Maxine. Maxie has a related form in Maximilian.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Maximilianoequivalent
- Maximillianequivalent
- Massimilianoequivalent
- Maximilienequivalent
- Maksymilianequivalent
- Maxeyequivalent
- Maxmiliánequivalent
- Maximiliaanequivalent
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People named Maxie
- Maxie RosenbloomAmerican boxer and actor (1907–1976)1904–1976
- Fivio ForeignAmerican rapper (born 1990)
- Maxie WanderAustrian writer, active in German Democratic Republic (1933–1977)
- Maxie Santillan Jr.American actor (died 2022)1999–2022
Characters named Maxie: Maxie Zeus (DC Comics supervillain).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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