Max is Maximilian on his day off, a tidy short form of a Latin name meaning "greatest." It has been a standalone given name in Europe and the United States for over a century, carried by Max Planck, Mad Max, and countless beloved dogs in picture books. It now sits in the U.S. top 175, popular as both a nickname and a full birth-certificate name. One crisp syllable, a closed m, a sharp x. Max feels friendly but not soft, strong but not stiff, equally at home on a toddler in a backpack and a grown man in a boardroom. Simple, portable, perennial.
Popularity
1880 to today
US SSA data. Lower rank number means more popular. A flat line at the top of the chart means the name did not rank in the top 1000.
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