Unisex name · since 1925

Mavin

131 babies named Mavin in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#15,663 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#9,826 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
131
born since 1925
2010s
peak decade

131 babies have been named Mavin since 1925, making it today's #9826 unisex name.

Mavin has 131 recorded births among boys since 1925, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9826 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 2025.

  • #15,663 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #9,826 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 131 born since 1925
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mavin ranks #15,663 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,826 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 131 born since 1925, peaking in the 2010s.

#15,663 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#9,826 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
131
born since 1925
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%29.4%
Mavin vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Mavin's 131 recorded births place it above 65.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Mavin compares

131 30th 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

Mavin's all-time total is 64% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Mavin Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 131 369 358,536
Peak-year births 9 34 22,252

Mavin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Mavin splits its recorded history at 2014: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1930 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Mavin popularity over time - boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2017)
9
Annual births at peak, across 101 years of records
45678910 19251986200820132016201920232025 7

Mavin popularity over time - girls

22 total births recorded since 1920 (Mavin as girls' name)

Unisex variant - 22 births
4.555.566.5 1920192219252020 6

Mavin by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (58 births, 44% of the file).

2010s was Mavin's strongest decade.

58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.

Mavin births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 58 births (44% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Mavin?
Since 1925, Social Security records show 131 babies named Mavin. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #15,663 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #9,826 of 13,930 among boys. Its busiest year on record was 2017, with 9 births.
Where does Mavin sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mavin ranks #15,663 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,826 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Mavin most popular?
Mavin was most popular in the 2010s decade with 58 total births. The single peak year was 2017.
Is Mavin a unisex name?
Yes, Mavin is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 131 births, and as a girl's name it has 22 births.
How long has the name Mavin been used?
Mavin has been recorded in Social Security data since 1925, spanning 101 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Mavin?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Maverick, Mavrick, Maverik, Mavrik, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Mavin's data

  • Mavin's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (58 total births) through the 2020s (35) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Mavin

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Mavin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1925–2025 (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 Mavin 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.