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How popular is the name Maeve?
Births per year, rank history and how many Maeves are alive today.
Maeve (female) is currently the 26th most popular girls' name in England and Wales, with 1,265 babies given the name in 2024. It has risen strongly over the past decade. At least 5,800 babies have been named Maeve in England and Wales since 1996.
The Maeve you are most likely to meet is around 3 years old. Half of all Maeves born in England and Wales are between 3 and 6, and there are at least 6,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 1.9% chance that at least one of them will be called Maeve.
How many babies are named Maeve each year?
Where does Maeve rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Maeve most popular?
Maeve peaked in 2024, when 1,265 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Maeve?
At least 6,000 people named Maeve born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Maeve?
Most living Maeves are between 3 and 6; the most common age is about 3.
Is Maeve becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.