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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: falling

MaxIn Hebrew: מקס · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Max (Hebrew: מקס) is a boy's name of international origin. 1,230 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 8 boys and ranked #726. Its peak year was 1949, with 32 babies.

People in Israel
1,230
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
8
rank #726
Peak year
1949
32 babies
USA, 2025
2,025
rank #180

Writing and saying Max

In Hebrew letters the name is מקס, read right to left. Max is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Max by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Max: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Max in English-speaking countries

Max in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20252,025#1802009 (3,958)
United Kingdom20251,240#462012 (3,611)
England and Wales20251,061#482012 (3,220)
Scotland2025143#252012 (306)
Northern Ireland202536#642011 (94)
Ireland2025120#422012 (232)
British Columbia202347#582016 (83)
Alberta202535#1302016 (93)
Quebec202516#2952016 (49)
New South Wales2025184#302009 (401)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Max has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Max

How do you write Max in Hebrew?

Max is written מקס in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Max?

1,230 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name מקס: 8 women and 1,222 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Max a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 99.3% of the people named מקס are men.

Is Max used outside Israel?

The name Max appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 2,025 boys were given it in 2025 (#180), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 1,240 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.