Fun Facts About the Name Mavrik
- 714 babies named Mavrik: U.S. records list 714 babies given the name Mavrik from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Mavrik Mean?
Mavrik is a modern spelling of Maverick, a given name taken from the English surname and the everyday noun. The noun maverick means an unbranded calf or yearling and, by extension, an independent person who does not follow the herd. It comes from Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803 - 1870), a Texas lawyer, landowner, and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence whose cattle were left unbranded on the range.
The surname Maverick is of uncertain origin. It is best known from an early New England family, and no single derivation - whether from a place name or from an older surname - is firmly established. The given name carries the sense of the English word rather than a translation from another language. The -k ending of Mavrik is a later spelling variant and does not point to a different source. Greek family names formed from mavros ("dark, black") look similar but are a separate name.
Mavrik Name History & Origins
The word maverick entered American English in the mid-1800s from the Texas cattleman Samuel Augustus Maverick, whose unbranded animals were called "Maverick's" cattle; by the 1860s the term meant any unbranded calf, and by the end of the century it described a person who acts independently of a group.
The Maverick surname had been in America since colonial times through the New England Maverick family. As a given name, Maverick is chiefly American, and it is also the family name of the lead characters in the television Western Maverick (1957 - 1962), a well-known fictional use rather than the start of the name. Mavrik is a later variant spelling of that given name, not a separate tradition.
How Popular is the Name Mavrik?
Mavrik has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2022. Its best rank was #2,011 in 2022.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,168 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 2024 | #2,723 | 48 | 0.0028% |
| 2023 | #2,525 | 53 | 0.0031% |
| 2022 | #2,011 | 76 | 0.0044% |
| 2021 | #2,398 | 57 | 0.0033% |
| 2020 | #2,225 | 62 | 0.0036% |
| 2019 | #3,173 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 2018 | #2,536 | 51 | 0.0028% |
| 2017 | #2,930 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 2016 | #3,201 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| 2015 | #3,485 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2014 | #3,512 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2013 | #3,719 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2012 | #5,636 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2011 | #5,354 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2010 | #4,962 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2009 | #5,472 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2008 | #5,187 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2007 | #4,744 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2006 | #7,811 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #9,784 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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