Names like Maverick
In 2025, 5,894 boys born in the US were named Maverick, #49 among boys' names.
It was in the top 1,000 as early as 1958, dropped out, and has been back every year since 1994.
Its best rank was #36, in 2024.
The most births in one year were 7,049, in 2022.
Births rose 159% from 2,277 in 2015.
For 11 of the 12 names below, the current unbroken run in the top 1,000 began in 1989 or later (Maverick's began in 1994).
Maverick's rank every ten years
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- 2000#859
- 2010#507
- 2020#50
- 2025#49
— outside the top 1,000
12 boy names with a similar curve
How this list was made
We compared Maverick's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other boy's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.