Maven
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- MAY-ven
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,581 for girls
Maven is a name of English origin, meaning “expert; one who understands”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 1,581st for girls in the US (133 babies).
What does Maven mean?
English: English word from Yiddish, ultimately Hebrew
“expert; one who understands”
The word came into American English from Yiddish meyvn, from Hebrew mevin, 'one who understands'.
Is Maven a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Maven has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 3 boys in the UK and 133 girls and 32 boys in the US.
How popular is Maven in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 175% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Maven, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 7 girls. 3 boys were also named Maven in 2025 (5,065th for boys).
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Maven in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
How popular is Maven in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,581st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 133 about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 133 girls in the US were named Maven, making it the 1,581st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,034th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 156 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998. 32 boys were also named Maven in 2025 (3,512th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Maven in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 303 girls in the US were given Maven or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #837, up from #1,581 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 81% of the babies named Maven in the US were girls.
Maven in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 133 | #1,581 |
| 2024 | 139 | #1,536 |
| 2023 | 156 | #1,430 |
| 2022 | 116 | #1,775 |
| 2021 | 103 | #1,910 |
| 2020 | 91 | #2,034 |
| 2019 | 91 | #2,070 |
| 2018 | 82 | #2,238 |
| 2017 | 72 | #2,487 |
| 2016 | 69 | #2,560 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 65 | #2,681 |
| 2013 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Names like Maven
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden, Wren, Maeva, Ocean, Fiadh, River, Maeve, Orla, Harper, Primrose, Mila, Nova
Other spellings of Maven
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
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, “Maven: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maven, updated 20 October 2026.