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How popular is the name Maxine?
Births per year, rank history and how many Maxines are alive today.
Maxine (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 17 in 2025, ranked 1719th. The name peaked in 1964, when around 460 babies were given the name, the 88th most popular that year. It has declined since 1964; the 2025 figure is roughly 4% of its peak. At least 11,000 babies have been named Maxine in England and Wales since the 1950s. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Maxine you are most likely to meet is around 61 years old. Half of all Maxines born in England and Wales are between 45 and 61, and there are at least 10,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 3.1% chance that at least one of them will be called Maxine.
How many babies are named Maxine each year?
Where does Maxine rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Maxine most popular?
Maxine peaked in 1964, when around 460 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Maxine?
At least 10,000 people named Maxine born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Maxine?
Most living Maxines are between 45 and 61; the most common age is about 61.
Is Maxine becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1964 peak.