Boy
Maxwell
Maxwell is a boy's name meaning "Scottish place name", drawing on Scottish roots. It shows no signs of slowing down, reaching new highs in the 2000s. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. It has appeared in U.S. birth records in nearly every decade since 1900, a genuinely long run.
ScottishScottish place name
Etymology"Maccus's well/stream"
Births by decade
1900s
230
1910s
1,218
1920s
1,158
1930s
736
1940s
643
1950s
722
1960s
637
1970s
972
1980s
5,830
1990s
20,953
2000s
30,105
2010s
27,079
Peaked in the 2000s · 90,283 total U.S. births since 1900