Maeve
#76 for girls in 2025, 3,153 births
- Peak · girls
- 2023 · 3,062 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 3 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 29,608since 1940
Maeve over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #76 | 3,153 |
| 2024 | #75 | 3,105 |
| 2023 | #73 | 3,062 |
| 2022 | #103 | 2,676 |
| 2021 | #124 | 2,253 |
| 2020 | #174 | 1,644 |
| 2019 | #244 | 1,303 |
| 2018 | #334 | 973 |
| 2017 | #360 | 867 |
| 2016 | #406 | 820 |
| 2015 | #451 | 703 |
| 2014 | #486 | 648 |
| 2013 | #485 | 625 |
| 2012 | #530 | 571 |
| 2011 | #591 | 489 |
| 2010 | #536 | 546 |
| 2009 | #594 | 508 |
| 2008 | #636 | 486 |
| 2007 | #621 | 480 |
| 2006 | #643 | 447 |
| 2005 | #695 | 398 |
| 2004 | #710 | 378 |
| 2003 | #643 | 413 |
| 2002 | #710 | 350 |
| 2001 | #756 | 317 |
| 2000 | #774 | 295 |
| 1999 | #667 | 343 |
| 1998 | #878 | 240 |
| 1997 | #953 | 207 |
| 1996 | #1,238 | 141 |
| 1995 | #1,265 | 133 |
| 1994 | #1,521 | 102 |
| 1993 | #1,664 | 90 |
| 1992 | #1,818 | 79 |
| 1991 | #2,034 | 67 |
| 1990 | #2,492 | 48 |
| 1989 | #2,278 | 52 |
| 1988 | #2,071 | 56 |
| 1987 | #2,493 | 41 |
| 1986 | #2,228 | 46 |
| 1985 | #2,860 | 32 |
| 1984 | #2,915 | 30 |
| 1983 | #3,431 | 23 |
| 1982 | #4,025 | 19 |
| 1981 | #3,739 | 21 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1940
The first year at least five girls were named Maeve! It came in at #3,208, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1942, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Maeve is popular in 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Vermont#10 · 1 in 67
- Maine#24 · 1 in 127
- Massachusetts#24 · 1 in 171
- New Hampshire#36 · 1 in 148
- District of Columbia#46 · 1 in 185
Best ever in a state: #4 in New Hampshire, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | #10 | 15 | 1 in 67 |
| Maine | #24 | 25 | 1 in 127 |
| Massachusetts | #24 | 145 | 1 in 171 |
| New Hampshire | #36 | 25 | 1 in 148 |
| District of Columbia | #46 | 15 | 1 in 185 |
| Rhode Island | #47 | 15 | 1 in 181 |
| Pennsylvania | #58 | 153 | 1 in 319 |
| Connecticut | #60 | 42 | 1 in 286 |
| Illinois | #62 | 136 | 1 in 356 |
| Montana | #62 | 12 | 1 in 220 |
| Hawaii | #67 | 11 | 1 in 219 |
| Wisconsin | #69 | 64 | 1 in 336 |
| Minnesota | #72 | 65 | 1 in 343 |
| Washington | #74 | 76 | 1 in 388 |
| Colorado | #77 | 60 | 1 in 369 |
| Alaska | #79 | 8 | 1 in 225 |
| Oregon | #81 | 36 | 1 in 382 |
| North Dakota | #92 | 10 | 1 in 285 |
| Michigan | #94 | 84 | 1 in 456 |
| New Jersey | #95 | 79 | 1 in 461 |
| New York | #95 | 160 | 1 in 508 |
| Ohio | #95 | 106 | 1 in 459 |
| Maryland | #111 | 44 | 1 in 503 |
| Missouri | #112 | 51 | 1 in 485 |
| Kansas | #116 | 26 | 1 in 445 |
| Indiana | #117 | 55 | 1 in 516 |
| Utah | #133 | 32 | 1 in 529 |
| Iowa | #136 | 23 | 1 in 508 |
| Nebraska | #144 | 15 | 1 in 484 |
| Virginia | #158 | 49 | 1 in 706 |
| Delaware | #170 | 5 | 1 in 473 |
| New Mexico | #171 | 9 | 1 in 556 |
| North Carolina | #182 | 55 | 1 in 820 |
| Arizona | #184 | 35 | 1 in 792 |
| California | #189 | 179 | 1 in 975 |
| Idaho | #191 | 10 | 1 in 643 |
| Kentucky | #235 | 19 | 1 in 896 |
| Oklahoma | #261 | 15 | 1 in 991 |
| West Virginia | #275 | 6 | 1 in 912 |
| Tennessee | #290 | 27 | 1 in 1,156 |
| Alabama | #316 | 16 | 1 in 1,192 |
| Texas | #331 | 101 | 1 in 1,539 |
| Nevada | #344 | 8 | 1 in 1,219 |
| Florida | #345 | 54 | 1 in 1,548 |
| Arkansas | #347 | 9 | 1 in 1,209 |
| Louisiana | #363 | 14 | 1 in 1,329 |
| Mississippi | #365 | 8 | 1 in 1,226 |
| Georgia | #381 | 29 | 1 in 1,562 |
| South Carolina | #460 | 10 | 1 in 1,772 |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Maeve
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 1 spot since 2024 (#75 → #76)
- 98 spots since 2020 (#174 → #76)
- 375 spots since 2015 (#451 → #76)
- Biggest jump: 285 spots in 1997 (#1,238 → #953)
- Biggest drop: 107 spots in 2000 (#667 → #774)
Rise & fade · girls
83 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1940
- Peaked 2023 at #73 (3,062 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 3 yrs · run 2023–2025
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1997–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 510
- Highest: 1 in 510 girls born in 2025 were named Maeve (0.20%)
- Its best rank, #73 in 2023, was only 1 in 524 (0.19%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 53.7% of all girls named Maeve (15,893) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 50 | #2,846 (1941) | #3,869 |
| 1950s | 74 | #3,490 (1954) | #4,478 |
| 1960s | 102 | #3,176 (1963) | #4,635 |
| 1970s | 89 | #4,931 (1978) | #5,712 |
| 1980s | 333 | #2,071 (1988) | #3,129 |
| 1990s | 1,450 | #667 (1999) | #1,453 |
| 2000s | 4,072 | #594 (2009) | #678 |
| 2010s | 7,545 | #244 (2019) | #442 |
| 2020s | 15,893 | #73 (2023) | #104 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Maeve in 2021
girls
#124
2,253 births · 1 in 728 girls
Top girls' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 728 of them was named Maeve, which outranked 99.3% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Maeve
Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.