Girls' name · since 1940
Maeve
29,608 babies named Maeve in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #845 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #76 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 29,608
- born since 1940
- 2020s
- peak decade
Maeve currently ranks #76 among girls' names in America, with 29,608 babies recorded since 1940.
Social Security Administration records show Maeve recorded 29,608 times among girls since 1940, holding rank #76 nationally today, ahead of 99.6% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1940 to 2025.
- #845 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #76 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 29,608 born since 1940
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maeve ranks #845 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #76 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 29,608 born since 1940, peaking in the 2020s.
- #845 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #76 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 29,608
- born since 1940
- 2020s
- peak decade
Maeve's 29,608 recorded births place it above 98.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Maeve compares
29,608 Top 5% higher than 95% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Maeve's all-time total is 79x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maeve | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 29,608 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 3,153 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maeve's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maeve's full recorded timeline at 1985, 99% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 1% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1944, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 3,153 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maeve popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 3,153
- Annual births at peak, across 86 years of records
Maeve by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (15,893 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Maeve's strongest decade.
15,893 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Maeve births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 50
1940s
50 births
- 1950s 74
1950s
74 births
- 1960s 102
1960s
102 births
- 1970s 89
1970s
89 births
- 1980s 333
1980s
333 births
- 1990s 1,450
1990s
1,450 births
- 2000s 4,072
2000s
4,072 births
- 2010s
2010s
7,545 births
- 2020s
2020s
15,893 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 15,893 births (54% of all-time use).
How Maeve compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Maeve's total volume
Maeve by state
Where Maeve concentrates geographically, total births since 1940
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 2,710 | 9.2% |
| #2 | Massachusetts | | 2,641 | 8.9% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 2,263 | 7.6% |
| #4 | California | | 1,944 | 6.6% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 1,933 | 6.5% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 1,244 | 4.2% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 1,143 | 3.9% |
| #8 | Texas | | 1,084 | 3.7% |
2,710 of 29,608 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Maeve appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Maeve's data
- New York records the most Maeves (2,710 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maeve: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~85 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1940–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Maeve draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.