#3302024 rank
2014peak year
29,455babies named Maximus since 1880
▼ 37%5-year trend
Maximus popularity over 145 years
⭐ Sweet spot — known but not everywhere · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Maximus mean?
Latin maximus, 'greatest', the superlative of magnus, used as a Roman cognomen. Ancient gravitas met modern glamour when the film Gladiator made it a bold hit name.
OriginLatin
Syllables3
Genderboy
Stylemythic, classic
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Spellings & variants
MaxMáximo
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