How Many People Are Named Maverick?
people named Maverick are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,830 people in the US has this name
Based on 71,375 babies named Maverick in Social Security records from 1957 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
7,147 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from the English word maverick meaning "independent". The word itself is derived from the surname of a 19th-century Texas rancher who did not brand his calves.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Maverick, 1.1% were girls and 98.9% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Maverick alive today is about 6 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 8 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Maverick first appears in the records in 1957 and was given most often in 2022, to 7,147 babies. In 2025, 5,954 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1957 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Maverick never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #36, in 2024, and it was in the top 100 for 9 years, 2017 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #49.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #49 |
| Best rank | #36 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | 9 (2017 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #45 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Maverick alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Maverick were born in California than in any other state: about 7,080 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Maverick was given 2.3 times as often in South Dakota, 2.2 times in West Virginia and 2.1 times in Hawaii.
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