Maverick is a boy's name of English origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. Its exact origin is debated among name scholars. In 2024 it was given to 6,615 boys in the United States.
Maverick belongs to the English & American tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Maverick first appears in Social Security records in 1957. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #36 in 2024, and in 2024 6,615 babies received the name — 64,665 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Maverick is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its English origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Maverick is a boy name. In 2024, 6,615 babies received the name in the US.
Maverick comes from the English & American tradition.
Maverick first appears in US records in 1957. Its best-ever ranking was #36 in 2024, and 6,615 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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