girls:
625 births since 2006
#5091 (11th percentile)
boys:
58k births since 1957
#447 (90th percentile)
overall:
58.6k births since 1957
#976 (87th percentile)
The name Maverick is the #976 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 58,613 recorded births since 1957. This represents the 87.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 87.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #447 (90.3% percentile) for all time with 57,988 births since 1957. For girls, it ranks #5,091 (10.9% percentile) for all time with 625 births since 2006.
Maverick first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1957 (1957 for boys and 2006 for girls). Birth data for Maverick is available in 66 out of the 67 years between 1957 and 2023 (66 years for boys and 15 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 Maverick has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.9% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Maverick reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 96.2% percentile (ranked #36) with 3,802 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3,802 births per million (ranked 96.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1984, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Maverick is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #36 (96.2% percentile) with 3,802 births per million.
For girls, Maverick reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 9.9% percentile (ranked #843) with 55 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 55 births per million (ranked 9.9% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Maverick ranks #864 for girls (8.8% percentile) with 50 births per million, which is 92.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Maverick".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Maverick. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 79.1% confident that Maverick is pronounced as MA-ver-ihk, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MA-vrihk, at 20.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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