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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

MaxwellIn Hebrew: מקסוול · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Maxwell (Hebrew: מקסוול) is a boy's name of international origin. 35 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).

People in Israel
35
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
—
USA, 2025
1,924
rank #189

Writing and saying Maxwell

In Hebrew letters the name is מקסוול, read right to left. Maxwell 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.

Maxwell 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).

Maxwell: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Maxwell in English-speaking countries

Maxwell in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20251,924#1892014 (3,739)
United Kingdom2025288#1972012 (564)
England and Wales2025274#1832013 (526)
Scotland202514#2692012 (39)
Ireland20253#7872010 (14)
British Columbia202324#1442014 (64)
Alberta202523#2112015 (62)

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

Related Israeli names

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

Questions about Maxwell

How do you write Maxwell in Hebrew?

Maxwell is written מקסוול in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Maxwell?

35 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name מקסוול: 0 women and 35 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 Maxwell a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named מקסוול are men.

Is Maxwell used outside Israel?

The name Maxwell appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 1,924 boys were given it in 2025 (#189), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 288 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.