Maverick
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAV-er-ik
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #418 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #49 for boys
Maverick is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “independent-minded person”. In 2025 it ranked 418th for boys in the UK (108 babies) and 49th for boys in the US (5,894 babies).
What does Maverick mean?
English
“independent-minded person”
From Samuel Maverick, a Texas rancher who left his cattle unbranded; the word came to mean a free spirit.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Maverick a girl's or a boy's name?
Maverick is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 108 boys in the UK and 60 girls and 5,894 boys in the US.
How popular is Maverick in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #418among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 108about 1 in 2,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 108 boys in the UK were named Maverick, making it the 418th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 525th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 137 boys.
Half of all the boys named Maverick in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 385th in England and Wales.
Maverick in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108 | #418 |
| 2024 | 137 | #355 |
| 2023 | 128 | #368 |
| 2022 | 115 | #410 |
| 2021 | 89 | #508 |
| 2020 | 81 | #525 |
| 2019 | 78 | #547 |
| 2018 | 67 | #609 |
| 2017 | 75 | #568 |
| 2016 | 37 | #923 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 33 | #969 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,241 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,619 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,384 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,346 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Maverick in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #49among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5,894about 1 in 290 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 4.7%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5,894 boys in the US were named Maverick, making it the 49th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 50th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 7,049 boys. It first appears in the records in 1957. 60 girls were also named Maverick in 2025 (2,822nd for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Maverick than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Maverick in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maverick in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,894 | #49 |
| 2024 | 6,635 | #36 |
| 2023 | 6,990 | #37 |
| 2022 | 7,049 | #40 |
| 2021 | 6,610 | #47 |
| 2020 | 6,139 | #50 |
| 2019 | 5,765 | #58 |
| 2018 | 5,041 | #73 |
| 2017 | 4,731 | #84 |
| 2016 | 2,961 | #139 |
| 2015 | 2,277 | #184 |
| 2014 | 1,879 | #206 |
| 2013 | 1,304 | #270 |
| 2012 | 857 | #357 |
| 2011 | 640 | #425 |
| 2010 | 509 | #507 |
| 2009 | 484 | #545 |
| 2008 | 535 | #507 |
| 2007 | 455 | #566 |
| 2006 | 395 | #606 |
| 2005 | 331 | #652 |
| 2004 | 236 | #767 |
| 2003 | 249 | #730 |
| 2002 | 216 | #797 |
| 2001 | 229 | #751 |
| 2000 | 184 | #860 |
| 1999 | 188 | #807 |
| 1998 | 191 | #800 |
| 1997 | 189 | #780 |
| 1996 | 167 | #841 |
| 1995 | 148 | #900 |
| 1994 | 128 | #972 |
| 1993 | 101 | #1,114 |
| 1992 | 76 | #1,289 |
| 1991 | 88 | #1,177 |
| 1990 | 75 | #1,273 |
| 1989 | 54 | #1,511 |
| 1988 | 48 | #1,520 |
| 1987 | 44 | #1,585 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1962 | 21 | #1,756 |
| 1961 | 26 | #1,569 |
| 1960 | 46 | #1,151 |
| 1959 | 61 | #986 |
| 1958 | 88 | #795 |
| 1957 | 33 | #1,363 |
Nicknames for Maverick
- Mav 10 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Maverick
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marley Matteo Hudson Grayson Jaxon Mason Hunter Cooper Tobias Enzo Carter Archer
Other spellings of Maverick
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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, “Maverick: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maverick, updated 20 October 2026.