Maximilian: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced MAK-sih-mil-yuhn · 4 syllables

From German Maximilian, ultimately of Latin origin.

How popular is Maximilian?

Maximilian was the #590 name in the US in 2025, given to 497 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2010.

Babies named Maximilian in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2010).

Half of US adults named Maximilian are older than 26; most are between 18 and 45. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Maximilian have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Maximilian is pronounced MAK-sih-mil-yuhn.

Maximilian was the #590 name in the US in 2025, given to 497 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2010.

Half of US adults named Maximilian are older than 26. Most are between 18 and 45.