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Maeve Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Maeve?

In 2018 the somewhat popular name Maeve, ranked the 334th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 500 most popular, Maeve has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

Position 334, its highest popularity ranking, was reached for the first time this year with 969 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Maeve was less than 5, most recently in 1970.

Approximately during the years 1957-1960, 1978-1986, 1989-1999, 2000-2003, and 2011-2016 the name Maeve took a definitive turn upwards in popularity.

The popularity trend for Maeve has been soaring upward for a while. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Maeve lately has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Maeve?

Currently, the name is at or near its highest point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Maeve is chosen by a number of parents and will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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   Maeve (Girl)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 969 334
2017 865 360
2016 820 406
2015 702 451
2014 648 487
2013 625 485
2012 570 533
2011 489 591
2010 546 536
2009 508 592
2008 486 635
2007 480 619
2006 447 646
2005 398 696
2004 378 710
2003 413 644
2002 350 710
2001 317 757
2000 295 778
1999 343 669
1998 240 881
1997 207 955
1996 141 1,242
1995 133 1,270
1994 102 1,529
1993 90 1,674
1992 79 1,822
1991 67 2,047
1990 47 2,550
1989 52 2,292
1988 56 2,083
1987 41 2,511
1986 45 2,289
1985 32 2,905
1984 30 2,968
1983 23 3,498
1982 19 4,112
1981 20 3,946
1980 13 5,420
1979 12 5,610
1978 13 5,084
1977 12 5,393
1976 9 6,369
1975 7 7,625
1974 8 6,594
1973 8 6,420
1972 9 5,740
1971 10 5,340
1970 < 5 --
1969 12 4,324
1968 6 6,698
1967 6 6,486
1966 7 5,585
1965 11 4,100
1964 12 4,013
1963 16 3,269
1962 5 7,164
1961 12 3,913
1960 15 3,294
1959 11 3,947
1958 11 3,854
1957 5 6,676
1956 5 6,519
1955 7 5,012
1954 11 3,615
1953 9 4,110
1952 8 4,340
1951 7 4,649
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1949 8 4,103
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1947 7 4,603
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1945 6 4,337
1944 5 4,995
1943 6 4,495
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.