Maxine

Boy · recorded 1912–1951

  • 1951last recorded
  • 1928best year

Most popular in 1928.

Last recorded in 1951. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Maxine.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1912

0101919121922193219411951

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 35 recorded years as a table
Maxine, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191216
191310
191511
191613
191810
191911
192010
192113
192210
192310
192411
192513
192614
19276
192819
192910
193015
19319
193211
19339
193412
193514
193612
193712
193811
193910
19409
19418
19438
19448
19454
19464
19493
19503
19514

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Maxine isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1951
8
Rank in 1951
#2,844
How rare
1 in 235,354 boys
Since 1912
377

Maxine was last recorded in 1951. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1928, at 19 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Maxine doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.