Mav
Boy · MAV · English
Mav is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “independent-minded person”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Mav mean?
English: short form of Maverick
“independent-minded person”
Maverick comes from Samuel Maverick, a 19th-century Texas rancher who left his cattle unbranded.
- Say it
- MAV
Is Mav a girl's or a boy's name?
Mav is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mav in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Mav, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2019.
Half of all the boys named Mav in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mav in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
Names like Mav
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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