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How popular is the name Max?
Births per year, rank history and how many Maxes are alive today.
Max (male) is currently the 44th most popular boys' name in England and Wales, with 1,140 babies given the name in 2024. The name peaked in 2012, when 3,220 babies were given the name, the 18th most popular that year. It has declined since 2012; the 2024 figure is roughly 35% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 60,000 babies have been named Max in England and Wales since 1994. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Max you are most likely to meet is around 14 years old. Half of all Maxes born in England and Wales are between 11 and 25, and there are at least 67,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 20% chance that at least one of them will be called Max.
How many babies are named Max each year?
Where does Max rank among boys' 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 Max most popular?
Max peaked in 2012, when 3,220 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Max?
At least 67,000 people named Max born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Max?
Most living Maxes are between 11 and 25; the most common age is about 14.
Is Max becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2012 peak.