Maxine
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Maxine is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Jamaica it is the 40th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Modern coinage, first recorded around 1930.
- JMJamaica≈1 in 2K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 3K
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 3.2K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 446 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.0K (inferred from the name graph)
43,204 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Jamaica, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Modern coinage, first recorded around 1930. It is a derivative of }Max by addition of the feminine ending -ine. MEICAL
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Maxine counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #558 | 43,204 | 1 in 7.7K | 43K | Maxine | 446 |
| GB United Kingdom | #417 | ≈22,000 est. | ≈1 in 3K | 3 | Maxine | 251 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈8,800 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Maxine | 24 |
| IT Italy | #957 | ≈8,700 est. | ≈1 in 7.2K | 1 | Maxine | 21 |
| CA Canada | #564 | ≈8,500 est. | ≈1 in 4.4K | 14 | Maxine | 173 |
| AU Australia | #514 | ≈7,100 est. | ≈1 in 3.6K | 74 | Maxine | 178 |
| NZ New Zealand | #341 | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | 13 | Maxine | 82 |
| JM Jamaica | #40 | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Maxine | 18 |
| GY Guyana | — | 218 | 1 in 3.4K | 218 | — | 8 |
43,204 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Maxine is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Feminine form of max. Mechthild(e) 2 Variant of MarHitDE.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In English, feminine of Max; greatest
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
In German, weibl. Vom., weibliche Form von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
English: modern coinage, first recorded around 1930; a derivative of MAX by addition of the feminine ending - ine .
as a word
In Asturian, first-person singular present subjunctive of maxinar
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Maxine Sullivanb. 1911USAmerican blues and jazz singer (1911-1987)
- Joan Copelandb. 1922USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1922–2022)
- Maxine Audleyb. 1923GBBritish actress (1923-1992)
- Maxine Kuminb. 1925USAmerican poet and author (1925-2014)
- Maxine Singerb. 1931USAmerican molecular biologist (1931–2024)
- Maxine Watersb. 1938USUnited States Representative from California since 1991
- Helen Reddyb. 1941AUnot in their usual nameAustralian and American singer and actress (1941–2020)
- Irene Pepperbergb. 1949USnot in their usual namescientist noted for her studies in animal cognition
- Maxine Nightingaleb. 1952GBBritish R&B and soul music singer (born 1952)
- Maxine Peakeb. 1974GBBritish actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 71 sources across 41 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 43K | #996 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 597 | — |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 218 | #380 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 160 | #996 |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2024 | 75 | — |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 1954 | 74 | #97 |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 1954 | 74 | #97 |
| CA Canada | Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender | 2024 | 14 | #294 |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 2024 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1951 | 8 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 1994 | 7 | — |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 1993 | 4 | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Maxine come from?
- Modern coinage, first recorded around 1930. It is a derivative of }Max by addition of the feminine ending -ine. MEICAL Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- Is Maxine a male or female name?
- Maxine is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Maxine mean?
- Recorded meaning: Modern coinage, first recorded around 1930.
- What are other forms of the name Maxine?
- In the etymology graph, Maxi, Maximiliana and Maxene are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Maxine?
- In the United States, the national register counted 43,204 people named Maxine in 2020, about 1 in 7.7 thousand residents.
- How common is Maxine compared with other names?
- In the United States, Maxine is the 558th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
- In which country does Maxine have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 43 thousand people named Maxine, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled maxine.
What do you want to know about Maxine?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/maxineThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Maxine” — the 558th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.