Maeva
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-AY-va
- UK rank, 2025
- #127 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,396 for girls
Maeva is a girls' name, meaning “welcome”. In 2025 it ranked 127th for girls in the UK (433 babies) and 1,396th for girls in the US (156 babies).
What does Maeva mean?
Tahitian word, popular in France
“welcome”
A Tahitian word of welcome, widely used as a girls' name in France and French Polynesia.
Is Maeva a girl's or a boy's name?
Maeva is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 433 girls in the UK and 156 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maeva in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #127among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 433about 1 in 640 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 548% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.2%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 433 girls in the UK were named Maeva, making it the 127th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 359th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 482 girls.
Half of all the girls named Maeva in the UK since 1996 were born between 2022 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 136th in England and Wales, 66th in Scotland and 290th in Northern Ireland.
Maeva in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 433 | #127 |
| 2024 | 458 | #121 |
| 2023 | 482 | #114 |
| 2022 | 417 | #136 |
| 2021 | 259 | #222 |
| 2020 | 136 | #359 |
| 2019 | 62 | #684 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
How popular is Maeva in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,396among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 156about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 108% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 156 girls in the US were named Maeva, making it the 1,396th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,005th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 178 girls. It first appears in the records in 1940.
Half of all the girls named Maeva in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 164 girls in the US were given Maeva or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,210, up from #1,396 for this spelling alone.
- Maeva 156
- Maevah 8
Maeva in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 156 | #1,396 |
| 2024 | 174 | #1,317 |
| 2023 | 178 | #1,287 |
| 2022 | 132 | #1,601 |
| 2021 | 93 | #2,057 |
| 2020 | 93 | #2,005 |
| 2019 | 82 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 69 | #2,532 |
| 2017 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2016 | 42 | #3,656 |
| 2015 | 42 | #3,649 |
| 2014 | 47 | #3,367 |
| 2013 | 34 | #4,241 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,352 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,571 |
Names like Maeva
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Maeva
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Maeva: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maeva, updated 20 October 2026.