Maverick
Maverick is both a surname and a given name that is a transferred use of the British surname. It has connotations of individuality and stubborn independence and has been popularized due to its use for movie characters such as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell from the 1986 movie Top Gun and its 2022 sequel Top Gun: Maverick, and television characters such as Bret Maverick from the 1957–1962 television…
Meaning & Origin of Maverick
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maverick is both a surname and a given name that is a transferred use of the British surname. It has connotations of individuality and stubborn independence and has been popularized due to its use for movie characters such as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell from the 1986 movie Top Gun and its 2022 sequel Top Gun: Maverick, and television characters such as Bret Maverick from the 1957–1962 television…
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The Story of Maverick
Maverick first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1957, with 33 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2022, when 7,047 Mavericks were born — ranking #40 that year. As of 2026, Maverick ranks #31 for baby boys with 6,965 births, rising sharply (+22% over the past five years). In total, more than 79K Mavericks have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
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About the name Maverick
Maverick is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1957 and has accumulated 79K births in the dataset. Maverick's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #31. Use the chart and map above to compare Maverick's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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