girls:
1k births since 1998
#4707 (18th percentile)
boys:
441 births since 2001
#4145 (10th percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1998
#6295 (19th percentile)
The name Maven is the #6,295 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,450 recorded births since 1998. This represents the 18.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 18.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,707 (17.6% percentile) for all time with 1,009 births since 1998. For boys, it ranks #4,145 (9.6% percentile) for all time with 441 births since 2001.
Maven first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1998 (1998 for girls and 2001 for boys). Birth data for Maven is available in 25 out of the 26 years between 1998 and 2023 (23 years for boys and 20 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Maven has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (69.6% of all recorded births). In 2023, 77.1% of babies named Maven were girls.
For girls, Maven reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 15.9% percentile (ranked #797) with 89 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 89 births per million (ranked 15.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2006, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Maven is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #797 (15.9% percentile) with 89 births per million.
For boys, Maven reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 4.5% percentile (ranked #870) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 25 births per million (ranked 4.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2008, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Maven is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #870 (4.5% percentile) with 25 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Maven".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Maven is pronounced as MAY-vuhn, which has 2 syllables.
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