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How popular is the name Maxwell?
Births per year, rank history and how many Maxwells are alive today.
Maxwell (male) sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 183rd in 2025 with 274 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2013, when 526 babies were given the name, the 114th most popular that year. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 10,000 babies have been named Maxwell in England and Wales since 1996. Common short forms of Maxwell include Max.
The Maxwell you are most likely to meet is around 13 years old. Half of all Maxwells born in England and Wales are between 9 and 22, and there are at least 11,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 3.6% chance that at least one of them will be called Maxwell.
How many babies are named Maxwell each year?
Where does Maxwell 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 Maxwell most popular?
Maxwell peaked in 2013, when 526 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Maxwell?
At least 11,000 people named Maxwell born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Maxwell?
Most living Maxwells are between 9 and 22; the most common age is about 13.
Is Maxwell becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.