Name meaning & stats
Maxwell
Maxwell means “Maccus's stream”. 105,921 US babies since 1940, peak 2014.
What it means
“Maccus's stream”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2014
105,921 US babies were named Maxwell between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Maxwell (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Maxwell is the main spelling
- Maxwell 100%
- Maxwel <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2014)