Maeva

What Maeva means

French, meaning “welcome”

From Tahitian maeva (“welcome”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Maeva” (revision 77919723), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Maeva?

US: Rising: up from #3650 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #5730 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 178 girls got the name (#1287 that year). First in the US records in 1940.

How common

• About 1 in 10,303 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 692 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 289 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WA (0.35 per 1,000 girls), IN (0.25 per 1,000 girls), MO (0.21 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Maeva is #1396 in the US and #136 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Maeva were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Mavi31 US · 11 E&W
• Mayva11 US
• Mahva7 US · 3 E&W
• Maevah8 US
• Mavy8 US
• Maivy0 US · 6 E&W
• Maevee5 US
• Meva0 US · 4 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Maeva

Girls

• Evie#270Editor’s note Up from #510 in 2015 to #270 in 2025 in the US
• Eden#70possibly “steppe, garden”^*
• Ximena#183Basque, meaning “son”^*
• Evelyn#8Same root as Eileen, possibly meaning “radiance, beauty”^*
• Rory#230“red-haired king”^*
• Lia#200Latin, meaning “cow”^*

For a brother

• Malakai#213Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #491 in 2015, #213 in 2025
• Beckham#168“homestead”^*
• Kai#93“warrior”^*
• Emiliano#94Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #94 vs #1,359 in 2025
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Zayden#213Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 2000, with 11 babies

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Maeva’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.