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Maeve

Pronounced /meɪv/

Rank in 2024
#75
Born in 2024
3,098
Peak year
2024 · #75
Origin
Irish

1880 to 2024

Rising
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 3,098 girls were named Maeve, about 1 in every 521.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1940.
  • 26,442 girls have been named Maeve since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Maeve per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.2
    Gen Z
  7. 0.9
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 35 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 149 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 144 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 979 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 6,468 babies, 0.22 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 18,667 babies, 0.92 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Anglicized form of the Irish Méabh, from Middle Irish Medb (literally “intoxicating”) and Meadhbh in Medieval irish. The name of a legendary queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.

  • A female given name from Irish of mostly Irish usage.
Origin
Irish
Say it
/meɪv/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Maeve, CC BY-SA 4.0.