1. Home
  2. Popular Names
  3. Maxwell

Is Maxwell a Male or Female Name?

Maxwell is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Maxwell globally is 99.1% males and 0.9% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Zimbabwe with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Nigeria with 3.3%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Maxwell in percentages: Globally: 99.1% males, 0.9% females, United States: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, Nigeria: 96.7% males, 3.3% females, Ghana: 99.3% males, 0.7% females, South Africa: 98.6% males, 1.4% females, Brazil: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, United Kingdom: 99.5% males, 0.5% females, Canada: 99.3% males, 0.7% females, Kenya: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, Zimbabwe: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, Australia: 100.0% males, 0.0% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Maxwell are 35-44 years old, making up 20.3% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 55-64.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Maxwell in each age group: 18-24: 16.1%, 25-34: 15.3%, 35-44: 20.3%, 45-54: 16.6%, 55-64: 14.7%, 65+: 17.0%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Maxwell is Ghana with 0.1943% of the population. Following is Zimbabwe and Kenya.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Maxwell measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Maxwell year over year: 1956: 0.0061‰, 1957: 0.0082‰, 1958: 0.002‰, 1959: 0.0039‰, 1960: 0.0045‰, 1961: 0.0026‰, 1962: 0.0034‰, 1963: 0.002‰, 1964: 0.003‰, 1965: 0.0031‰, 1966: 0.0016‰, 1967: 0.0029‰, 1968: 0.0023‰, 1969: 0.0024‰, 1970: 0.0031‰, 1971: 0.0024‰, 1972: 0.0031‰, 1973: 0.0022‰, 1974: 0.0022‰, 1975: 0.0027‰, 1976: 0.0028‰, 1977: 0.0039‰, 1978: 0.0029‰, 1979: 0.0043‰, 1980: 0.0043‰, 1981: 0.0029‰, 1982: 0.004‰, 1983: 0.0037‰, 1984: 0.0038‰, 1985: 0.0042‰, 1986: 0.004‰, 1987: 0.0035‰, 1988: 0.0038‰, 1989: 0.0032‰, 1990: 0.0032‰, 1991: 0.0025‰, 1992: 0.0031‰, 1993: 0.0031‰, 1994: 0.0028‰, 1995: 0.002‰, 1996: 0.0018‰, 1997: 0.0014‰, 1998: 0.0034‰, 1999: 0.002‰, 2000: 0.0032‰

Need to Check a Lot of Names?

We offer tools for checking gender, age and nationality of names. Integrate with our service through API or no-code tools or upload and process CSV files .