Maxen comes from the Latin / Welsh tradition, meaning The greatest, most excellent.
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How popular is Maxen?
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Maxen first appears in the U.S. registration record in 2002. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2016, 59 babies received the name (ranked #2269). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #4120), with roughly 32 babies named Maxen each year. Maxen has been declining in recent years. In total, around 497 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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