Maeve — #75 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Maeve

The Social Security Administration has registered 26,442 babies named Maeve between 1940 and 2024, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maeve currently holds the #75 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 3,098 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maeve performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 12,728 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Maeve shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 2,483 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Massachusetts and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Maeve in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maeve 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 26,442 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.