Maven
Maven was the 1584th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 133 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 1436th with 156 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,990 places. More babies were named Maven in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,584 girls, up 459 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 133girls
- Girls and boys
- 78% girls, 22% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2023156 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,795babies recorded
Maven popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #1,584 | #3,564 | 133 | 32 |
| 2020 | #2,043 | #5,163 | 91 | 18 |
| 2010 | #13,057 | #5,645 | 8 | 16 |
| 2000 | #16,666 | — | 5 | — |
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How popular is Maven, counting every spelling?
Maven is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,364 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,584 for Maven on its own. Together these spellings went to 145 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | 133 | #1,584 | 647 |
| Mavyn | 12 | #8,680 | 41 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Maven?
133 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Maven (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Maven born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 63 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Maven.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Maven?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Maven are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 3 and 9. That makes Maven a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Maven by state
How common Maven was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Minnesota (2.3×). In 30 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Maven: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Maven, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Maven
How popular is the name Maven?
Maven was the 1584th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 133 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 1436th with 156 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,990 places. More babies were named Maven in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Maven a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 78% girls, 22% boys given the name Maven in the US.
Where is Maven most popular?
In 2021–2025, Maven was most common in Minnesota (0.18 per 1,000 girls), followed by Colorado and Oregon.