Maeve
Maeve is a popular choice in the UK, ranked #26 in 2025. There's a good chance they'll share their name with at least one classmate throughout school.
About the Name Maeve
Maeve is currently at its most popular point on record, sitting at UK #26. The name has climbed 68 places in the last five years — a significant surge by any measure. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996. It has broken into the UK top 100 on 5 occasions, signalling genuine mainstream interest.
Maeve is a very popular name in the UK — yet a class of 28 is small enough that your child will very likely be the only Maeve on the register.
In the US it sits at #75 — notably more popular in the UK than across the Atlantic.
⭐ Famous People Named Maeve
- Maeve Quinlan — Maeve Quinlan is an American actress.
- Maeve Kinkead — Maeve Kinkead is an American soap opera actress, writer and poet.
- Maeve Gilmore — Maeve Patricia Mary Theresa Gilmore was a British painter, sculptor and writer, and the wife of author Mervyn Peake.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Maeve
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Maeve
Almost certainly the only Maeve in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
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