Name meaning & stats
Maxine
Maxine means “greatest” (Latin origin). 42,064 US babies since 1940, peak 1940.
What it means
“greatest”
LatinWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1940
42,064 US babies were named Maxine between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Maxine (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Maxine is the main spelling
- Maxine 98%
- Maxcine 2%
- Maxene <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1940)