Given name

Maveric

Maveric is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Maveric isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Maveric through the years

Babies since 1880
539
539 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2020
51 babies
2025
21
#4,809 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−19%
Easing
010203020002025Highest share 202012
Maveric in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1998–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,809 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 19.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 396 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Maveric’s family of names

Maveric has a related form in Maverick.

Walk Maveric’s family in the name graph

MavericMaverikMaverick

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Maveric, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Gaelic · Modern

Mackinnon

“the son of the fair one”

17Very rareRising

>99% boys

Gaelic · Modern

Macrae

“the son of Ray”

13Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Arabic · Modern

Mahmud

“one who is praiseworthy”

11Very rareSteady

>99% boys

Modern

Aking

23RareCooling

>99% boys

Arabic · Modern

Amjad

“more glorious” · “having glory and honor”

21RareSteady

>99% boys

Modern

Godrick

“one who rules with God”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Ayham

22RareEasing

>99% boys

Ukrainian · Modern

Artem

“safe and sound”

29RareRising

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Maveric’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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