Maksym comes from the Latin / Ukrainian tradition, meaning The greatest, most excellent.
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How popular is Maksym?
2014peak year
The name Maksym reached its peak in 2014, with 39 registrations (ranked #2964). It had only entered records 13 years earlier, in 2001. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #4519) today, averaging about 24 new babies per year. Maksym's usage has held roughly steady recently. Across all years on record, approximately 509 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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