Is Maven a boy or girl name?

Maven is a unisex name. Of the 1,795 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 71.5% were girls and 28.5% were boys. It changed hands in 2011, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Maven

Recorded 1998–2025 · United States

Maven was most popular in 2023, when 204 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,209 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,520, with 165 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,795 people named Maven.

Maven over time

Births per year. The dot marks Maven’s peak in 2023. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Maven a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Maven is a unisex name — 71.5% of the 1,795 Americans given it were girls and 28.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 2011 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 79% girls and 21% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Maven

Where Maven is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org