Mayve
Feminine
Mayve entered the US charts in 2015 and is at its record high, #2957 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Mayve?
Mayve first appears in US birth records in 2015 — 10 years ago. Mayve is overwhelmingly a brand-new baby name right now — most Mayves are still in diapers. About 100 people named Mayve are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Mayve most popular?
Mayve peaked in 2025, reaching #2957 nationally. Today it ranks #2957, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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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
- 2015
- Most girls named
- 202556 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2957reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +100.0%56 in 2025, from 28
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.
Mayve in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Arizona.
Mayves among us
people named Mayve are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 28,701 born in 2025 was named Mayve
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Mayve
- #2957
- Mayve on the 2025 chart
- #892
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Mayve went to 56 girls in 2025, but Maive is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 68, which makes it the 892nd most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,065 places above the chart.
- Mayve56
- Maive12
About 1 girl in 23,636 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 28,701 for Mayve 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 Vaishnavi test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Mayve's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Vaishnavi climbed just as high around 2008, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Vaishnavi's path sketches the road Mayve is walking now.
Mayve 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 Mayve is headed
Mayve is on a steep climb — if the curve holds, 2030 could see around 264% more babies given the name than today. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Mayve beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Mayve in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
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Feminine · #2957 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Mayves are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 100 people named Mayve are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Mayve?
- Mayve is the most-used spelling in US records — 56 of the 68 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Maive.
- How popular is the name Mayve in 2025?
- Mayve ranks #2957 among US girl names in 2025, with 56 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Mayve?
- About 1 in every 28,701 US girls born in 2025 was named Mayve — 56 in all.
- Will my child share the name Mayve with classmates?
- Mayve will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Mayve
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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