Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys
Origin: EnglishIn Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Maverick yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
No name in this batch grew faster than Maverick: 252% over the past decade, this name only entering SSA records at all in 1957 and staying a minor presence for decades before its recent surge to 6,615 births and #36 nationally in 2024, a new high just two years after its actual peak count of 7,047 in 2022.
Its enrichment data lists exactly one namesake, motorcycle racer Maverick Viñales — no deep historical anchor the way Wyatt has in Wyatt Earp.
Between the recent data start, the single contemporary namesake, and the sheer growth rate, Maverick reads as the newest and least historically rooted name in this entire batch — a modern coinage rather than a name with any pre-20th-century use to speak of.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 33 | #1,379 |
| 1958 | 88 | #801 |
| 1959 | 61 | #990 |
| 1960 | 46 | #1,159 |
| 1961 | 26 | #1,592 |
| 1962 | 21 | #1,790 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,269 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,778 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,570 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,730 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,828 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,275 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,489 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,437 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,842 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,359 |
| 1974 | 8 | #4,061 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,904 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,590 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,536 |
| 1979 | 7 | #5,176 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,195 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,766 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,229 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,358 |
| 1984 | 6 | #6,068 |
| 1985 | 16 | #3,036 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,748 |
| 1987 | 44 | #1,602 |
| 1988 | 48 | #1,542 |
| 1989 | 54 | #1,531 |
| 1990 | 75 | #1,282 |
| 1991 | 88 | #1,185 |
| 1992 | 76 | #1,298 |
| 1993 | 101 | #1,124 |
| 1994 | 128 | #978 |
| 1995 | 148 | #910 |
| 1996 | 167 | #843 |
| 1997 | 189 | #785 |
| 1998 | 191 | #804 |
| 1999 | 188 | #812 |
| 2000 | 184 | #864 |
| 2001 | 229 | #754 |
| 2002 | 216 | #800 |
| 2003 | 249 | #732 |
| 2004 | 236 | #768 |
| 2005 | 331 | #653 |
| 2006 | 395 | #606 |
| 2007 | 455 | #566 |
| 2008 | 534 | #509 |
| 2009 | 484 | #547 |
| 2010 | 509 | #507 |
| 2011 | 639 | #427 |
| 2012 | 857 | #357 |
| 2013 | 1,304 | #270 |
| 2014 | 1,879 | #206 |
| 2015 | 2,277 | #184 |
| 2016 | 2,961 | #139 |
| 2017 | 4,731 | #84 |
| 2018 | 5,040 | #73 |
| 2019 | 5,763 | #58 |
| 2020 | 6,137 | #50 |
| 2021 | 6,605 | #47 |
| 2022 | 7,047 | #40 |
| 2023 | 6,979 | #37 |
| 2024 | 6,615 | #36 |
