Maverik
Masculine · “unbranded calf”
Maverik is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 1,222 boys against 10 girls since 1880.
Maverik respells Maverick, and a maverick was an unbranded calf — named for a Texas rancher who did not brand his cattle.
How old is the name Maverik?
Maverik first appears in US birth records in 1994 — 31 years ago. The typical Maverik is a kid of about 6 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,200 people named Maverik are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Maverik most popular?
Maverik peaked in 2021, reaching #1546 nationally. Today it ranks #1942, 396 places below that high. See the whole 2021 chart.
Where it comes from
From Maverick to Maverik
The story of Maverik
Samuel Maverick took four hundred cattle as payment of a debt in 1845 and left them largely unbranded, so unbranded strays became mavericks. His grandson became a congressman, and the political sense followed. The name entered American given-name use in the 1990s, and Maverik appears in the registers in current use.
Meaning
unbranded calf, independent
From Samuel Maverick, a Texas rancher and politician who did not brand his cattle; neighbors called any unbranded stray a maverick, and the word came to mean an unaligned person. The surname's own origin is a medieval English byname. The eponym is documented.
How the name formed
- Maverick
- maverick
- Maverik
Related forms: Maverick · Mavrick
Pronouncing Maverik
MAV-ur-ik
Three syllables, stress on the first. Maverik and Maverick are said identically.
Nicknames for Maverik
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
- 1994
- Most boys named
- 2021113 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1546reached in 2021
- Change vs 2024
- −2.5%79 in 2025, from 81
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.
Maverik in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Maverick in English — spelling variant
- Mavrick in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Utah, Texas.
Maveriks among us
people named Maverik are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 21,621 born in 2025 was named Maverik
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Maverik
- #1942
- Maverik on the 2025 chart
- #49
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Maverik went to 79 boys in 2025, but Maverick is 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 — 1,893 places above the chart.
- Maverick5,894
- Maverik79
and 3 rarer spellings.
About 1 boy in 284 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 21,621 for Maverik 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 Tashawn test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Maverik's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Tashawn climbed just as high around 2005, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Tashawn's path sketches the road Maverik is walking now.
Maverik 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
Where Maverik is headed
Maverik should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Maverik beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Maverik in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That a whole English word comes from one man's habit is a first-rate etymology.
- Mav and Rick are two short forms, both with real use.
- Three syllables with a front stress, which holds up against a short surname.
- Maverick is the standard spelling of both the word and the name.
- It is an ordinary English noun and carries a claim about temperament.
- A 1986 film character is a strong association.
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Frequently asked
- How many Maveriks are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Maverik are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Maverik?
- Maverik is one of 2 recorded spellings. Maverick is the more common one — 5,894 births in 2025 against 79 for Maverik.
- How popular is the name Maverik in 2025?
- Maverik ranks #1942 among US boy names in 2025, with 79 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Maverik?
- About 1 in every 21,621 US boys born in 2025 was named Maverik — 79 in all.
- Will my child share the name Maverik with classmates?
- Maverik will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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