Max
Meaning and origin
From German Max. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1825.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Max (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Max has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2006. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | – | 356 |
| 1999 | – | 394 |
| 2000 | – | 435 |
| 2001 | – | 474 |
| 2002 | – | 518 |
| 2003 | – | 543 |
| 2004 | – | 649 |
| 2005 | – | 636 |
| 2006 | – | 668 |
| 2007 | – | 553 |
| 2008 | – | 538 |
| 2009 | – | 579 |
| 2010 | – | 524 |
| 2011 | – | 460 |
| 2012 | – | 488 |
| 2013 | – | 396 |
| 2014 | – | 362 |
| 2015 | – | 318 |
| 2016 | – | 307 |
| 2017 | – | 294 |
| 2018 | 3 | 235 |
| 2019 | 2 | 199 |
| 2020 | 3 | 225 |
| 2021 | – | 210 |
| 2022 | – | 170 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | – | 6,752 |
| 2000 | – | 7,165 |
| 2001 | – | 7,631 |
| 2002 | – | 8,122 |
| 2003 | – | 8,658 |
| 2004 | – | 9,267 |
| 2005 | – | 9,860 |
| 2006 | – | 10,515 |
| 2007 | – | 11,053 |
| 2008 | – | 11,615 |
| 2009 | – | 12,197 |
| 2010 | – | 12,706 |
| 2011 | – | 13,160 |
| 2012 | – | 13,651 |
| 2013 | – | 14,020 |
| 2014 | – | 14,382 |
| 2015 | – | 14,681 |
| 2016 | – | 15,015 |
| 2017 | 13 | 15,299 |
| 2018 | 23 | 15,514 |
| 2019 | 31 | 15,721 |
| 2020 | 37 | 15,923 |
Max in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Max.Hi! My name is Max.
- Max bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Max lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Vet du om Max kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Max is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Max mamma är lärare.Max's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Max mamma is Max's mum. Because Max already ends in x, nothing is added.
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What does the name Max mean?
From German Max. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1825.
How popular is Max in Sweden?
170 babies were named Max in 2022. In 2020, 15,960 people in Sweden had Max as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2006 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.