Maeve

girls’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Maeve is ranked 75th among girls in 2024 (3,098 births). Its best rank was 73rd, in 2023.

Rank in 2024: #75down 2 from 2023
Births in 2024: 3,0980.19% of girls
Peak year: 20243,098 births
Best rank: #73in 2023
Since 1940: 26,442people given the name

Babies named Maeve, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

26,442 girls have been named Maeve in the United States since 1940, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 3,098 births — 0.19% of all girls recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2019, and the 2020s alone account for 48%. It has spent 28 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 2 of them in the top 100.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Maeve
1940s	50
1950s	74
1960s	102
1970s	89
1980s	332
1990s	1,450
2000s	4,072
2010s	7,545
2020s	12,728

In 2024, its biggest year

Maeve was the 75th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Maeve

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.