Maeva — #1314 US girls' name
1,260 babies named Maeva in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 93% of names given to girls today.
53% of everyone ever named Maeva was born in this single decade.
178 babies were named Maeva in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maeva
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,260 babies named Maeva between 1940 and 2024, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maeva currently holds the #1314 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 178 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maeva performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 670 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Maeva shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 94 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Maeva in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maeva in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,260 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Maeva at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Maeva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1940
- Peak year (2023)
- 178
- Annual births at peak — across 85 years of records
Currently ranks #1314 among girls.
1,260 total births across 85 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 178 births in a single year.
Maeva by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 670 births that decade — 53% of Maeva's all-time total
Maeva decade highlights
- Peak decade 670 births
- Runner-up 440 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Maeva's strongest decade
670 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Maeva by state
Where Maeva concentrates geographically — total births since 1940
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 94 | 7.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 40 | 3.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 39 | 3.1% |
| #4 | New York | | 37 | 2.9% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 31 | 2.5% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 31 | 2.5% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 26 | 2.1% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 25 | 2.0% |
94 of 1,260 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.5% of nationwide
- Texas 3.2% of nationwide
- Florida 3.1% of nationwide
- New York 2.9% of nationwide
- Indiana 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 19 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Maeva appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1940–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.