Girls' name · peaked in 2025
Maeve name popularity since 1925
29,608 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Maeve. Half of them were born in 2020 or earlier, so the typical Maeve is about 6 years old in 2026. Maeve peaked in 2025 as the #76 name for girls, and it ranked #76 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 29,608
- Named Maeve, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #76
- for girls in 2025 (3,153 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 29,608 girls · 0 boys
- Most popular in
- New Hampshire
- 4.30× its national share
Peak year is the year Maeve made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Maeve births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Maeve both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1994 and 1999, Maeve became 3.4× more common, from 1 in 17,500 baby girls to 1 in 5,170.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Maeve's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Maeve.
Decade by decade
Babies named Maeve in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 50 | #4,337 |
| 1950s | 74 | #5,014 |
| 1960s | 102 | #4,101 |
| 1970s | 89 | #7,631 |
| 1980s | 333 | #2,904 |
| 1990s | 1,450 | #1,270 |
| 2000s | 4,072 | #696 |
| 2010s | 7,545 | #452 |
| 2020–25 | 15,893 | #76 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
73.7% of babies named Maeve from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Maeve is most popular
The index compares Maeve's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Maeve.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 4.30× | 381 |
| Massachusetts | 3.94× | 2,641 |
| Connecticut | 2.38× | 726 |
| Colorado | 1.81× | 630 |
| Illinois | 1.65× | 2,263 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Maeve's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Maeve.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Maeve (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data