Maks
Meaning
“Polish spelling of Max, short for Maksymilian (Maximilian, 'greatest'); reads the same in Kraków and Chicago”
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Maks has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
136 people · the #33,256 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 30
Among people named Maks living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Maks
Most people given the name Maks in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Maks deep dive
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