NameTides

Maeve

Maeve was the #76 girls' name in the US in 2025 (3,153 babies), and #26 in England & Wales and #50 in Canada.

Maeve as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Maeve as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaUS
Maeve as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#76 (3,153)#26 (1,330)#23 (130)#55 (35)#60 (83)#50 (452)#38 (158)#34 (156)
2024#75 (3,105)#26 (1,265)#25 (129)#57 (34)#71 (76)#47 (433)#43 (144)#30 (167)
2023#73 (3,062)#36 (1,114)#39 (96)#72 (28)#80 (69)#41 (464)#42 (145)#27 (148)
2022#103 (2,676)#48 (990)#49 (90)#79 (27)#98 (56)#64 (372)#49 (152)#55 (112)
2021#124 (2,253)#77 (654)#72 (62)#131 (18)#106 (52)#77 (343)#78 (92)#57 (113)
2020#174 (1,644)#94 (547)#86 (50)#158 (12)#99 (55)#99 (249)#97 (76)#64 (89)
2019#244 (1,303)#218 (225)#216 (19)#113 (19)#105 (51)#140 (202)—#94 (69)
2018#334 (973)#507 (84)#255 (15)#208 (9)#114 (50)#178 (164)——
2017#360 (867)#560 (77)#275 (14)#154 (14)#133 (43)#191 (161)——
2016#406 (820)#638 (66)#453 (7)#137 (16)#137 (43)#232 (139)——
2015#451 (703)#620 (67)#379 (9)#136 (17)#127 (50)#259 (127)——
2014#486 (648)#652 (61)#346 (11)#123 (20)#101 (62)#255 (128)——
2013#485 (625)#699 (57)#449 (7)#135 (15)#106 (59)#244 (133)——
2012#530 (571)#690 (60)#467 (7)#172 (11)#100 (64)#308 (105)——
2011#591 (489)#744 (51)#430 (8)#147 (15)#127 (51)#379 (85)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #76.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1940.

How common is it?

about 1 in 510 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 510common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 190very common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 140very common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 210common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 250common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 330common

Next year

On its recent trend, Maeve is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 440 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 380 to 1 in 510.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Maeve by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #16MEWisconsin: #37WIVermont: #11VTNew Hampshire: #4NHWashington: #56WAIdaho: #89IDMontana: #40MTNorth Dakota: #101NDMinnesota: #48MNIllinois: #39ILMichigan: #66MINew York: #56NYMassachusetts: #14MAOregon: #53ORNevada: #196NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #84SDIowa: #71IAIndiana: #102INOhio: #46OHPennsylvania: #35PANew Jersey: #61NJConnecticut: #29CTRhode Island: #10RICalifornia: #143CAUtah: #58UTColorado: #35CONebraska: #36NEMissouri: #108MOKentucky: #233KYWest Virginia: #139WVVirginia: #70VAMaryland: #97MDDelaware: #115DEArizona: #92AZNew Mexico: #182NMKansas: #64KSArkansas: #112ARTennessee: #177TNNorth Carolina: #130NCSouth Carolina: #125SCDistrict of Columbia: #43DCOklahoma: #175OKLouisiana: #241LAMississippi: #270MSAlabama: #247ALGeorgia: #181GAHawaii: #78HITexas: #197TXFlorida: #174FL
Maeve (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#32222
Quebec2025#17932

Maeve (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MaeveCanadaGirls#50452
MaeveEngland & WalesGirls#261,330
MaeveIrelandGirls#6083
MaeveNorthern IrelandGirls#5535
MaeveNSWGirls#38158
MaeveScotlandGirls#23130
MaeveUSGirls#763,153
MaeveVICGirls#34156