Maynard

Last seen for girls in 1930 at #4,550 · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1922 · 398 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
14,918
since 1880

Maynard over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Maynard has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #279, 1922boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#9,7147
2024#8,3129
2023#7,73810
2022#4,18425
2021#9,7147
2020#5,23517
2019#7,17311
2018#4,91819
2017#4,59421
2016#10,7446
2015#5,50716
2014#4,86619
2013#5,92314
2012#5,25617
2011#5,20017
2010#5,04718
2009#4,74820
2008#4,71420
2007#4,01125
2006#4,52020
2005#4,46419
2004#4,60218
2003#3,62624
2002#3,90921
2001#4,89015
2000#6,31610
1999#6,04210
1998#4,87313
1997#3,06424
1996#4,87812
1995#3,69317
1994#3,32620
1993#3,36819
1992#2,90923
1991#3,63616
1990#2,48827
1989#3,32517
1988#2,14629
1987#2,94217
1986#2,29024
1985#2,42721
1984#1,97927
1983#1,82230
1982#1,92928
1981#1,81131
1980#1,85230
1979#1,67034
1978#1,50838
1977#1,22152
1976#1,41140
1975#1,59332
1974#1,50134
1973#1,17649
1972#1,36438
1971#1,12753
1970#1,22246
1969#1,04255
1968#1,02652
1967#1,00352
1966#96856
1965#89767
1964#91469
1963#87573
1962#83283
1961#83385
1960#84280
1959#722112
1958#74498
1957#77594
1956#682122
1955#647131
1954#646129
1953#598146
1952#563155
1951#531164
1950#546154
1949#539153
1948#481191
1947#461212
1946#438209
1945#434188
1944#443189
1943#399237
1942#395234
1941#386222
1940#355257
1939#350251
1938#335277
1937#324278
1936#316288
1935#306312
1934#288354
1933#317289
1932#298343
1931#297348
1930#4,5505#302356
1929#302337
1928#294374
1927#4,8055#310345
1926#309336
1925#295375
1924#301359
1923#296354
1922#279398
1921#280397
1920#4,3986#290374
1919#4,2516#282355
1918#289352
1917#284333
1916#305291
1915#294294
1914#313210
1913#306169
1912#290151
1911#34962
1910#36250
1909#35743
1908#41333
1907#33141
1906#36333
1905#37031
1904#39028
1903#33033
1902#40425
1901#39423
1900#44626
1899#31531
1898#57314
1897#38424
1896#46219
1895#45619
1894#54314
1893#47915
1892#59712
1891#42717
1890#60311
1889#58111
1888#7558
1887#58310
1886#60510
1885
1884
1883#59710
1882#6918
1881
1880#52612
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Maynard was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Maynard
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 1,402 spots since 2024 (#8,312#9,714)
  • 4,479 spots since 2020 (#5,235#9,714)
  • 4,207 spots since 2015 (#5,507#9,714)
  • Biggest jump: 258 spots in 1899 (#573#315)
  • Biggest drop: 189 spots in 1898 (#384#573)
Rise & fade · boys
42 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1922 at #279 (398 births)
  • Births halved by 1944, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 84 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1886–1966
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,734
  • Highest: 1 in 2,734 boys born in 1922 were named Maynard (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 24.5% of all boys named Maynard (3,649) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s69#526 (1880)#620
1890s176#315 (1899)#484
1900s316#330 (1903)#380
1910s2,267#282 (1919)#307
1920s3,649#279 (1922)#296
1930s3,096#288 (1934)#313
1940s2,092#355 (1940)#433
1950s1,305#531 (1951)#645
1960s672#832 (1962)#923
1970s416#1,127 (1971)#1,379
1980s254#1,811 (1981)#2,252
1990s181#2,488 (1990)#3,828
2000s192#3,626 (2003)#4,580
2010s158#4,594 (2017)#5,923
2020s75#4,184 (2022)#7,483

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Maynard in 1917

boys
#284
333 births · 1 in 2,779 boys

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #284Maynard333
More about 1917

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 2,779 of them was named Maynard, which outranked 93.8% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maynard
  1. #281Moses339
  2. #281Will339
  3. #283Monroe334
  4. #284Maynard333
  5. #285Bruno328
  6. #285Earle328
  7. #285Hyman328
Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 520Nicolas#1,304#784
  2. 469Hezekiah#1,415#946
  3. 433Hilliard#1,415#982
  4. 404Rayford#1,304#900
  5. 338Minoru#1,335#997
Fallers
  1. 1,738Tatsuo#824#2,562
  2. 709Berlin#984#1,693
  3. 556Prentice#972#1,528
  4. 473Manning#964#1,437
  5. 457Lovell#939#1,396

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1917