Maksim is a distinctive choice, ranked #1798 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Maksim in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1798
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About the Name Maksim
Maksim is steadily gaining in popularity, up 48 places over the past five years. Its best recorded rank was #637 in 2013, and it currently sits at #1675. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 2001.
Maksim is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Maksim in their class.
Maksim Surayev — Maksim Viktorovich Surayev is a Russian politician and retired cosmonaut.
Maksim Mrvica — Maksim Mrvica is a Croatian pianist.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Maksim
Unlikely. With around 14 UK babies named Maksim per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Maksim in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Maksim has been fairly steady, ranked #1,798 in 2025 against #1,723 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #637 in 2013.
Maksim is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Maksim include: Maksim Sidorov (shot putter), Maksim Surayev and Maksim Mrvica. Short summaries for each appear below.
Maksim does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Maksims in the wild.
14
UK babies named Maksim (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↓ 75 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
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In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Maksim
Almost certainly the only Maksim in the class
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UK Popularity (2001–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Maksim
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Maksim Adamavich Bahdanovich (Belarusian: Максім Адамавіч Багдановіч, IPA: [makˈsʲim aˈdamavʲid͡ʐ baɣdaˈnɔvʲit͡ɕ]; Russian: Максим Адамович Богданович, romanized: Maksim Adamovich Bogdanovich; 9 December 1891 – 25 May 1917) was a Belarusian poet, journalist, translator, literary critic and historian of literature.
Maksim Vladimirovich Ponomaryov, captain of Russian Air Force, and was a Russian cosmonaut, selected in 2006, who retired in 2012 after no missions to space.