Boys' name · since 2019
Mav
Since 2019, U.S. Social Security records show 67 babies named Mav, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,146 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,186 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 67
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Mav is the #8186 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 67 recorded since 2019.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mav has been recorded 67 times among boys since 2019, currently ranked #8186 nationally and more common than 41% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2019 to 2025.
- #20,146 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,186 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 67 born since 2019
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mav ranks #20,146 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,186 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 67 born since 2019, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,146 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,186 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 67
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mav's 67 recorded births place it above 55.61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Mav compares
67 20th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Mav's all-time total is 82% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mav | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 67 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Mav's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mav splits its recorded history at 2022: 72% of all births land in the more recent half, 28% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2019 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mav popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Mav by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (62 births, 93% of the file).
2020s was Mav's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 93% of all-time use.
Mav births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 62 births (93% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mav: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2019–2025 (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 Mav 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.