Maveric
Masculine · “an unbranded calf”
Maverick began as a Texas surname, became an English word for an unbranded calf, and then became a word for a person who will not be branded either. Maveric, with one c, is the trimmed American spelling of that word: the same name with a letter taken out.
How old is the name Maveric?
Maveric first appears in US birth records in 1998 — 27 years ago. The typical Maveric is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Maveric are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Maveric most popular?
Maveric peaked in 2020, reaching #2505 nationally. Today it ranks #4707, 2,202 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Maverick (surname) to Maveric
The story of Maveric
Almost no English word can be dated as precisely as this one. A Texas landowner in the eighteen-forties left his cattle unbranded; his neighbors began calling any unmarked calf by his surname, and within decades the word had left the cattle trade entirely and come to mean a person who does not join in. American parents began using it as a first name much later, once word-names of that kind had become ordinary, and the single-c spelling arrived with them. It is one of the few names whose whole documented history sits inside two centuries.
Meaning
an unbranded calf; by extension, an independent
The word entered English in the nineteenth century from the surname of a Texas rancher who did not brand his cattle, so that any unmarked calf on the range was called a maverick. The figurative sense, someone who will not run with the herd, followed within a generation.
How the name formed
- Mavericksurname
- maverickword
- Maverick
- Maveric
Pronouncing Maveric
MAV-uh-rik
Three syllables, stress on the first. The single c does not change the sound at all.
Nicknames for Maveric
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1998
- Most boys named
- 202051 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2505reached in 2020
- Change vs 2024
- −27.6%21 in 2025, from 29
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Maveric in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Florida, Illinois.
Maverics among us
people named Maveric are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 81,337 born in 2025 was named Maveric
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Maveric
- #4707
- Maveric on the 2025 chart
- #49
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Maveric went to 21 boys in 2025, but Maverick and Maverik are the same name said out loud. Together the 5 spellings went to 6,013, which makes it the 49th most-given boys’ name of the year — 4,658 places above the chart.
and 2 rarer spellings.
About 1 boy in 284 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 81,337 for Maveric itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Juandiego test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Maveric's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Juandiego climbed just as high around 2002, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Juandiego's path sketches the road Maveric is walking now.
Maveric sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Maveric beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Maveric in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is plain English, so nobody ever has to be told what it means.
- Mav is a ready and comfortable short form.
- It is a word-name with a documented origin, which very few word-names have.
- The standard spelling has two cs; with one, the name will be corrected on forms for life.
- The word carries a claim, independence and refusing the herd, that a child has not yet made and may not want.
- It is strongly attached to an aviation film and a Dallas basketball team, which is either a bonus or noise depending on the household.
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Frequently asked
- How many Maverics are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Maveric are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Maveric?
- Maveric is one of 3 recorded spellings. Maverick is the more common one — 5,894 births in 2025 against 21 for Maveric.
- How popular is the name Maveric in 2025?
- Maveric ranks #4707 among US boy names in 2025, with 21 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Maveric?
- About 1 in every 81,337 US boys born in 2025 was named Maveric — 21 in all.
- Will my child share the name Maveric with classmates?
- Maveric will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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