How Many People Are Named Maeve?
people named Maeve are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 11,640 people in the US has this name
Based on 29,608 babies named Maeve in Social Security records from 1940 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,153 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Medb meaning "intoxicating". In Irish legend this was the name of a warrior queen of Connacht. Her fight against Ulster and the hero Cúchulainn is told in the Irish epic 'The Cattle Raid of Cooley'.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Maeve in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Maeve alive today is about 9 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 13 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Maeve first appears in the records in 1940, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 3,153 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1940 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Maeve never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #73, in 2023, and it was in the top 100 for 3 years, 2023 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #76.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #76 |
| Best rank | #73 (2023) |
| Years in the top 100 | 3 (2023 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #106 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Maeve alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Maeve were born in New York than in any other state: about 2,687 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Maeve was given 6.1 times as often in Vermont, 5.1 times in Massachusetts and 4.9 times in New Hampshire.
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