Maven Boy & girl
How popular is Maven?
#1,581 girl name in 2025
133 baby girls were named Maven in the US in 2025, making it the 1581st most popular girl name. Another 32 boys got the name (#3,512 for boys).
Maven popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,581 for girls (▼ 45 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 133 girls, 32 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+202% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,533 in 2015, #2,034 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (156 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,430 in 2023 |
| First recorded | 1998 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 21% boys, 79% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Maven counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Maven family of names ranked #1,078 for girls in 2025 (#1,089 the year before), with 181 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Maven | 133 | 73% |
| Mayven | 36 | 20% |
| Mavyn | 12 | 7% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Maven is most popular
Babies named Maven per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Maven by decade
Girl names about as popular as Maven
Questions
- Is Maven a boy or girl name?
- Maven is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 21% of babies named Maven were boys and 79% were girls.
- How popular is the name Maven?
- 133 baby girls were named Maven in the US in 2025, making it the 1581st most popular girl name. Another 32 boys got the name (#3,512 for boys).
- When was Maven most popular?
- Maven peaked in 2023, when 156 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,430 in 2023.
- How many people are named Maven?
- 1,795 babies have been named Maven in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,787 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Maven most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Maven was most common in Minnesota, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.