Maverick
- #2,822 for girls in 2025, 60 births
- #49 for boys in 2025, 5,894 births
- Given to boys 98.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 6,635 births
- Debut · boys
- 33 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 9 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 70,604since 1957
Maverick over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,822 | 60 | #49 | 5,894 |
| 2024 | #2,218 | 85 | #36 | 6,635 |
| 2023 | #2,156 | 88 | #37 | 6,990 |
| 2022 | #1,992 | 98 | #40 | 7,049 |
| 2021 | #1,980 | 98 | #47 | 6,610 |
| 2020 | #2,597 | 65 | #50 | 6,139 |
| 2019 | #2,681 | 64 | #58 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | #2,782 | 61 | #73 | 5,041 |
| 2017 | #3,919 | 38 | #84 | 4,731 |
| 2016 | #4,990 | 27 | #139 | 2,961 |
| 2015 | #5,653 | 23 | #184 | 2,277 |
| 2014 | #6,207 | 20 | #206 | 1,879 |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 | #270 | 1,304 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | #357 | 857 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #425 | 640 |
| 2010 | — | #507 | 509 | |
| 2009 | — | #545 | 484 | |
| 2008 | — | #507 | 535 | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #566 | 455 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #606 | 395 |
| 2005 | — | #652 | 331 | |
| 2004 | — | #767 | 236 | |
| 2003 | — | #730 | 249 | |
| 2002 | — | #798 | 216 | |
| 2001 | — | #752 | 229 | |
| 2000 | — | #862 | 184 | |
| 1999 | — | #809 | 188 | |
| 1998 | — | #801 | 191 | |
| 1997 | — | #782 | 189 | |
| 1996 | — | #843 | 167 | |
| 1995 | — | #903 | 148 | |
| 1994 | — | #976 | 128 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,118 | 101 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,294 | 76 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,183 | 88 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,278 | 75 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,516 | 54 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,525 | 48 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,587 | 44 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,684 | 19 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,942 | 16 | |
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,230 | 13 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,108 | 14 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,601 | 11 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,098 | 14 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,724 | 9 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,659 | 9 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,223 | 10 | |
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| 1971 | — | #3,658 | 8 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,282 | 9 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,107 | 8 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,627 | 10 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,476 | 11 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,757 | 21 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,570 | 26 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,152 | 46 | |
| 1959 | — | #987 | 61 | |
| 1958 | — | #796 | 88 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,364 | 33 | |
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First appearance
1957
The first year at least five boys were named Maverick! It came in at #1,364, and was given to 33 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Maverick is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- South Dakota#10 · 1 in 101
- Indiana#12 · 1 in 165
- West Virginia#13 · 1 in 112
- Montana#14 · 1 in 108
- Alaska#15 · 1 in 95
Best ever in a state: #3 in West Virginia, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #10 | 38 | 1 in 101 |
| Indiana | #12 | 192 | 1 in 165 |
| West Virginia | #13 | 55 | 1 in 112 |
| Montana | #14 | 35 | 1 in 108 |
| Alaska | #15 | 24 | 1 in 95 |
| Missouri | #16 | 174 | 1 in 160 |
| Kentucky | #18 | 141 | 1 in 146 |
| Utah | #19 | 125 | 1 in 157 |
| Oklahoma | #21 | 105 | 1 in 168 |
| Arkansas | #22 | 75 | 1 in 168 |
| Idaho | #22 | 55 | 1 in 157 |
| Minnesota | #25 | 133 | 1 in 184 |
| Tennessee | #25 | 198 | 1 in 186 |
| Wisconsin | #25 | 128 | 1 in 183 |
| New Hampshire | #27 | 35 | 1 in 129 |
| North Dakota | #27 | 24 | 1 in 140 |
| Mississippi | #28 | 55 | 1 in 197 |
| Nebraska | #29 | 52 | 1 in 170 |
| Oregon | #30 | 84 | 1 in 179 |
| Hawaii | #31 | 20 | 1 in 146 |
| Iowa | #32 | 72 | 1 in 192 |
| Kansas | #34 | 74 | 1 in 190 |
| Ohio | #35 | 248 | 1 in 212 |
| Wyoming | #35 | 11 | 1 in 99 |
| Alabama | #36 | 98 | 1 in 220 |
| Michigan | #40 | 180 | 1 in 223 |
| Florida | #41 | 405 | 1 in 236 |
| Louisiana | #41 | 78 | 1 in 245 |
| Pennsylvania | #44 | 244 | 1 in 214 |
| Georgia | #46 | 189 | 1 in 266 |
| North Carolina | #46 | 204 | 1 in 252 |
| Nevada | #47 | 51 | 1 in 221 |
| Maine | #49 | 20 | 1 in 192 |
| Arizona | #51 | 126 | 1 in 260 |
| South Carolina | #52 | 81 | 1 in 262 |
| Washington | #54 | 122 | 1 in 269 |
| Illinois | #61 | 165 | 1 in 300 |
| New Mexico | #62 | 27 | 1 in 241 |
| Virginia | #63 | 129 | 1 in 289 |
| Delaware | #64 | 15 | 1 in 196 |
| Texas | #71 | 544 | 1 in 322 |
| Colorado | #82 | 80 | 1 in 336 |
| Connecticut | #82 | 43 | 1 in 307 |
| California | #83 | 450 | 1 in 390 |
| Maryland | #83 | 63 | 1 in 363 |
| Massachusetts | #85 | 84 | 1 in 322 |
| New York | #85 | 213 | 1 in 396 |
| New Jersey | #92 | 107 | 1 in 372 |
| Rhode Island | #97 | 11 | 1 in 284 |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Maverick
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 13 spots since 2024 (#36 → #49)
- 1 spot since 2020 (#50 → #49)
- Biggest jump: 568 spots in 1958
- Biggest drop: 191 spots in 1959
Rise & fade · boys
67 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 2024 at #36 (6,635 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 9 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 9 yrs · run 2017–2025
- Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1994–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 245
- Highest: 1 in 245 boys born in 2023 were named Maverick (0.41%)
- Latest: 1 in 290 boys born in 2025 (0.35%)
- Its best rank, #36 in 2024, was only 1 in 260 (0.39%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 55.7% of all boys named Maverick (39,317) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 182 | #796 (1958) | #1,049 |
| 1960s | 160 | #1,152 (1960) | #2,443 |
| 1970s | 77 | #3,223 (1973) | #3,861 |
| 1980s | 239 | #1,516 (1989) | #2,885 |
| 1990s | 1,351 | #782 (1997) | #999 |
| 2000s | 3,314 | #507 (2008) | #679 |
| 2010s | 25,964 | #58 (2019) | #230 |
| 2020s | 39,317 | #36 (2024) | #43 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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