Boys' name · peaked in 2023
Maverick name popularity since 1925
71,375 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Maverick (1.1% girls, 98.9% boys). Half of them were born in 2020 or earlier, so the typical Maverick is about 6 years old in 2026. Maverick peaked in 2023 as the #37 name for boys, and it ranked #49 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 71,375
- Named Maverick, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #49
- for boys in 2025 (5,894 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 98.9% boys
- 771 girls · 70,604 boys
- Most popular in
- Nevada
- 2.06× its national share
Peak year is the year Maverick made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Maverick births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2022. Measured as a share of all babies, Maverick peaked in 2023.
- Fastest rise: Between 2012 and 2017, Maverick became 5.7× more common, from 1 in 2,210 baby boys to 1 in 391.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Maverick's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Maverick.
Decade by decade
Babies named Maverick in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 182 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 160 | #2,570 |
| 1970s | 0 | 77 | #3,832 |
| 1980s | 0 | 239 | #3,037 |
| 1990s | 0 | 1,351 | #910 |
| 2000s | 11 | 3,314 | #653 |
| 2010s | 266 | 25,964 | #184 |
| 2020–25 | 494 | 39,317 | #49 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
89.7% of babies named Maverick from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Maverick is most popular
The index compares Maverick'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 Maverick.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 2.06× | 512 |
| Utah | 1.89× | 1,126 |
| South Dakota | 1.73× | 385 |
| Montana | 1.68× | 343 |
| Idaho | 1.65× | 458 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Maverick's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Maverick.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Maverick (2023).
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