Maxine

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

Girl's name · #497 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Maxine was #76 in 1923, slipped to #1648 by 2006, and has climbed back to #497 today. Roughly 116,000 girls have been named Maxine since 1884. Maxine's short forms are Max and Maxie.

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.

Similar names: Beatrice · Marcella · Lorraine · Estelle · Elaine · Margo

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