Mavie
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Meaning
a recent German name of uncertain origin; an unconfirmed explanation links it to French ma vie, "my life", though a German form of Mavis is more likely
The story
Mavie moved faster than any figure in this paragraph will make it sound. The name is a recent German coinage of uncertain origin: folk etymology reads it as the French phrase ma vie, "my life," though the community record judges it more likely a Germanized form of Mavis, the old song-thrush name. Whatever built it, Brazil adopted it at speed. The footballer Neymar named his daughter Mavie in October 2023; in 2025 the national registry recorded 7,039 newborn Mavies, the country's #39 name overall, after a 2024 in which it had not appeared in the top 50 at all, and a 2010 census with no record of it whatsoever. The United States line is its own curiosity: 21 girls in the 1920s, a century of nothing, 13 in the 2010s, then 427 so far this decade, already far past any earlier total. A name whose history is happening right now, in Portuguese.
How popular is Mavie around the world?
In the United States, Mavie is on the Social Security birth record for 2020 to 2025. In Austria, 30 girls named Mavie were born in 2025, the 206th most common name among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
Mavie is on the official records of the United States, Austria, Argentina, Ireland, England and Wales, France, Canada, Brazil and Spain.
United States
on record
In the United States, Mavie is on the Social Security birth record for 2020 to 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Mavie peaked in the 2020s.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Austria
1 in 2,500
In Austria, 30 girls named Mavie were born in 2025, the 206th most common name among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
share of that year’s births on record
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
Argentina
1 in 8,200
In Argentina, 81 newborns were given the name Mavie in 2024.
share of that year’s name registrations
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Ireland
1 in 11,000
In Ireland, 5 girls named Mavie were born in 2025, the 608th most common name among girls that year.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
England and Wales
1 in 18,000
In England and Wales, 33 girls named Mavie were born in 2025, ranked 1,028th among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
France
1 in 21,000
In France, about 30 girls named Mavie were born in 2025, ranked 1,214th among girls that year.
share of that year’s births on record
Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)
Canada
1 in 28,000
In Canada, 13 girls named Mavie were born in 2024, ranked 1,709th among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
Brazil
1 in 1M
At the 2022 census, 206 people in Brazil were named Mavie, ranked 24,871st, with a median age of 1.
Among people named Mavie living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
The census also counted 141 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Spain
1 in 1.4M
In Spain, 32 residents are named Mavie, ranked 20,879th among women, with a mean age of 5.1 years.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Mexico City City
last on record 2020
Mavie is not on the 2022 record for Mexico City, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Not on the record in Puerto Rico, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
The Mavie deep dive
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