Maeve

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Irish

Meaning

Maeve, Meave, Maev or Maiv, Maiev, Mabh is a female given name of Irish origin. It comes from the Irish name Mรฉabh, which was spelt Meadhbh or Maedhbh in Early Modern Irish, Meแธ‹แธƒ or Meaแธ‹แธƒ in Middle Irish, and Medb in Old Irish.

From Wikipedia

Maeve first appears in the data in 1992 and has been recorded in 33 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2023 with 464 babies (rank #40 that year). In 2024 it was given to 432 girls (rank #46). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Maeve

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Maeve yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

3,948
Total babies (all years)
33
Years in the data
464
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19927#2,034
199315#1,160
19945#2,503
199510#1,635
199616#1,153
199715#1,196
199832#695
199930#730
200040#594
200157#448
200253#468
200352#488
200451#501
200563#449
200668#434
200771#443
200877#412
200998#342
201092#352
201185#379
2012105#307
2013133#241
2014128#253
2015125#256
2016139#224
2017160#188
2018164#174
2019202#136
2020249#97
2021342#76
2022368#65
2023464#40
2024432#46