Unisex name · since 1998
Maven
1,283 babies named Maven in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,343 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,585 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,283
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Maven currently ranks #1585 among unisex names in America, with 1,283 babies recorded since 1998.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maven has been recorded 1,283 times among girls since 1998, currently ranked #1585 nationally and more common than 91% of girls, 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 1998 to 2025.
- #6,343 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,585 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,283 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maven ranks #6,343 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,585 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,283 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #6,343 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,585 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,283
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Maven's 1,283 recorded births place it above 91.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
22 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Maven compares
1,283 Top 28% higher than 72% 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
Maven's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maven | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,283 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 156 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maven's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maven's full recorded timeline at 2015, 85% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 15% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 156 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maven popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 156
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Maven popularity over time - boys
512 total births recorded since 2001 (Maven as boys' name)
Maven by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (738 births, 58% of the file).
2020s was Maven's strongest decade.
738 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Maven births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 31
2000s
31 births
- 2010s
2010s
509 births
- 2020s
2020s
738 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 738 births (58% of all-time use).
How Maven 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 Maven's total volume
Maven by state
Where Maven concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 131 | 10.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 109 | 8.5% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 37 | 2.9% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 33 | 2.6% |
| #5 | New York | | 22 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Minnesota | | 20 | 1.6% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 20 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Colorado | | 18 | 1.4% |
131 of 1,283 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Maven appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Mavens (131 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Maven: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Maven 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.