Maxie comes from the Latin tradition, meaning The greatest.
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How popular is Maxie?
1935peak year
Today, Maxie is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #12110), with only about 14 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1935, 125 babies were given the name (ranked #516 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1930s. Maxie's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 8,648 babies have been registered as Maxie since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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