Maxine: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced mak-SEEN · 2 syllables

From Max + -ine. An English feminine form of Max coined at the end of the nineteenth century. Piecewise doublet of Maxina.

How popular is Maxine?

Maxine was the #496 name in the US in 2025, given to 597 babies. It’s rising: up 162% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1920.

Babies named Maxine in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1920).

Half of US adults named Maxine are older than 73; most are between 26 and 91. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

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

Maxine is pronounced mak-SEEN.

Maxine was the #496 name in the US in 2025, given to 597 babies. It’s rising: up 162% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1920.

Half of US adults named Maxine are older than 73. Most are between 26 and 91.