Mavrik
Masculine · “an unbranded calf”
Mavrik is Maverick with the vowels trimmed, and Maverick is one of the few English words that can be traced to a single stubborn man. It went from a Texas cattle range into the dictionary, and from the dictionary onto birth certificates.
How old is the name Mavrik?
Mavrik first appears in US birth records in 2005 — 20 years ago. The typical Mavrik is a kid of about 6 — this name's wave is very recent. About 700 people named Mavrik are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Mavrik most popular?
Mavrik peaked in 2022, reaching #2000 nationally. Today it ranks #3128, 1,128 places below that high. See the whole 2022 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Maverick to Mavrik
The story of Mavrik
The story is unusually well documented for a word: a Texan landowner declined to brand his herd, neighbors began calling any unbranded animal a maverick, and within a generation the word had shifted from cattle to people who would not run with the herd. It entered American given names in the 1990s and rose steeply after that. The Mavrik spelling is newer still, dropping the middle e to make the name look as compact as it sounds.
Meaning
an unbranded calf; hence an independent-minded person
The word comes from the surname of a nineteenth-century Texas rancher whose cattle went unbranded, so that unbranded strays came to be called mavericks.
How the name formed
- Maverick
- Mavrik
Pronouncing Mavrik
MAV-rik
Two syllables. The full word is often said with three, MAV-er-ik, and this spelling settles it at two.
Nicknames for Mavrik
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
- 2005
- Most boys named
- 202276 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2000reached in 2022
- Change vs 2024
- −20.8%38 in 2025, from 48
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.
Mavrik in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Utah.
Mavriks among us
people named Mavrik are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 44,949 born in 2025 was named Mavrik
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Mavrik
- #3128
- Mavrik on the 2025 chart
- #798
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Mavrik went to 38 boys in 2025, but Mavrick, Mavryk and Mavric are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 130, which makes it the 798th most-given boys’ name of the year — 2,330 places above the chart.
- Mavrick73
- Mavrik38
- Mavryk12
- Mavric7
About 1 boy in 13,139 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 44,949 for Mavrik 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 Boe test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Mavrik's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Boe climbed just as high around 1982, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Boe's path sketches the road Mavrik is walking now.
Mavrik 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 Mavrik is headed
Mavrik 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.
Mavrik beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Mavrik in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The word is in every English dictionary, so the sound is completely familiar.
- Mav is a ready short form that works on a team sheet and on a résumé.
- It has a documented, unusually specific origin — a real range, a real dispute about branding.
- Maverick is the spelling everyone knows, and this one will be rewritten on most forms.
- The word carries a personality with it, and the child will be measured against it by strangers.
- The aviation film association is strong and shows no sign of fading.
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Frequently asked
- How many Mavriks are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Mavrik are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Mavrik?
- Mavrik is one of 4 recorded spellings. Mavrick is the more common one — 73 births in 2025 against 38 for Mavrik.
- How popular is the name Mavrik in 2025?
- Mavrik ranks #3128 among US boy names in 2025, with 38 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Mavrik?
- About 1 in every 44,949 US boys born in 2025 was named Mavrik — 38 in all.
- Will my child share the name Mavrik with classmates?
- Mavrik will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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