Boy name#414 of boy names
Maverick
Pronounced M AE1 V ER0 IH0 K (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2022
- 68 years in use
How popular is Maverick?
Maverick is a boys' name, and first appears in 1957. It has been given to 65,376 children — the 414th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about seven times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2022, when 7,047 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- M AE1 V ER0 IH0 K · M AE1 V R IH0 K
- Stress pattern:
- 100 · 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Maverick
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Maverick
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Maverick?
- Maverick ranks 414th among boys' names in US records, with 65,376 births since 1957. Over the past decade it accounts for 54,155.
- Is Maverick a unisex name?
- No. Maverick is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Maverick most popular?
- 2022, when 7,047 children were given the name. It has been in use for 68 years and is still recorded as of 2024.