NameTides

Maverick

Maverick was the #49 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5,894 babies), and #385 in England & Wales and #43 in Canada.

Maverick as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Maverick as a boy’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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & WalesIreland
Maverick as a boy’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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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#49 (5,894)#385 (108)——#676 (4)#43 (529)#97 (90)—
2024#36 (6,635)#352 (125)#382 (9)#404 (3)#430 (8)#32 (629)#100 (85)#100 (78)
2023#37 (6,990)#347 (122)#482 (6)—#584 (5)#28 (654)——
2022#40 (7,049)#412 (103)#392 (8)#352 (4)—#39 (583)——
2021#47 (6,610)#489 (81)#533 (5)#433 (3)#454 (7)#41 (621)—#98 (74)
2020#50 (6,139)#513 (73)#390 (8)—#741 (3)#38 (616)——
2019#58 (5,765)#526 (72)#701 (3)#418 (3)—#58 (524)——
2018#73 (5,041)#610 (59)#704 (3)#319 (5)#749 (3)#67 (481)——
2017#84 (4,731)#526 (74)——#710 (3)#68 (477)——
2016#139 (2,961)#870 (36)———#134 (312)——
2015#184 (2,277)#1,380 (18)———#145 (267)——
2014#206 (1,879)#889 (33)———#149 (262)——
2013#270 (1,304)#1,247 (20)———#199 (183)——
2012#357 (857)#1,507 (16)——#718 (3)#281 (115)——
2011#425 (640)#1,688 (13)———#304 (102)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #37.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1957.

How common is it?

about 1 in 290 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 290common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 300common

Next year

On its recent trend, Maverick is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 280 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 250 to 1 in 320.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Maverick by state, 2025Alaska: #15AKMaine: #49MEWisconsin: #25WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #27NHWashington: #54WAIdaho: #22IDMontana: #14MTNorth Dakota: #27NDMinnesota: #25MNIllinois: #61ILMichigan: #40MINew York: #85NYMassachusetts: #85MAOregon: #30ORNevada: #47NVWyoming: #35WYSouth Dakota: #10SDIowa: #32IAIndiana: #12INOhio: #35OHPennsylvania: #44PANew Jersey: #92NJConnecticut: #82CTRhode Island: #97RICalifornia: #83CAUtah: #19UTColorado: #82CONebraska: #29NEMissouri: #16MOKentucky: #18KYWest Virginia: #13WVVirginia: #63VAMaryland: #83MDDelaware: #64DEArizona: #51AZNew Mexico: #62NMKansas: #34KSArkansas: #22ARTennessee: #25TNNorth Carolina: #46NCSouth Carolina: #52SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #21OKLouisiana: #41LAMississippi: #28MSAlabama: #36ALGeorgia: #46GAHawaii: #31HITexas: #71TXFlorida: #41FL
Maverick (boys) 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#35246
Quebec2025#7791

Maverick (boys): 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
MaverickCanadaGirls—too few
MaverickCanadaBoys#43529
MaverickEngland & WalesGirls—too few
MaverickEngland & WalesBoys#385108
MaverickIrelandBoys#6764
MaverickNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MaverickNSWBoys#9790
MaverickScotlandBoys—too few
MaverickUSGirls#2,82260
MaverickUSBoys#495,894
MaverickVICBoys—too few