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Maxine

“Variant of Max — Greatest” — Latin, via Max and Maximilian origin

Girl's name · #496 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Maxine has appeared in US records since 1884 — best rank #76 (1923) · 115,612 babies named Maxine all-time · 1 in 2,700 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 530 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 660 girls in France (2025) · about 1 in 1,300 girls in Switzerland (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 35 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Maxines

• Maxine Waters — United States Representative from California since 1991
• Maxine Hong Kingston — Chinese American author
• Maxine Singer — American molecular biologist (1931–2024)
• Maxine Kumin — American poet and author (1925-2014)
• Maxine Peake — British actress

In stories & tradition

• Maxine (Gwen Stacy) — The Amazing Spider-Man · Spider-Man
• Maxine (Spider-Woman) — Spider-Verse · Ultimate Spider-Man
• Maxine Minniver — fictional human

What Maxines become

Among 235 notable people named Maxine:

Entertainers appear 2.14× more often than among typical names — e.g. Maxine Peake, British actress.

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