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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #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 1920

girls
#4,398
6 births · 1 in 199,715 girls
boys
#290
374 births · 1 in 2,846 boys

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #4,398Maynard6

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #290Maynard374
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 199,715 of them was named Maynard, which outranked 23.7% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maynard
  1. #3,957Zenaida7
  2. #3,957Zilla7
  3. #3,957Zoila7
  4. #4,398Maynard6
  5. #4,398Achsah6
  6. #4,398Adelaine6
  7. #4,398Adelma6
  8. #4,975Acie5
  9. #4,975Addell5
  10. #4,975Adrine5

Tied with 576 names at #4,398; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 550Denise#1,481#931
  2. 321Blossom#1,242#921
  3. 311Lilia#1,242#931
  4. 302Ena#1,270#968
  5. 277Lorayne#1,216#939
Fallers
  1. 594Haruko#917#1,511
  2. 511Roselle#1,000#1,511
  3. 345Toshiko#967#1,312
  4. 304Carroll#902#1,206
  5. 297Santina#835#1,132

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

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 2,846 of them was named Maynard, which outranked 94.2% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maynard
  1. #287Kermit382
  2. #288Emanuel381
  3. #289Laverne375
  4. #290Maynard374
  5. #291Dave373
  6. #292Rocco372
  7. #293Neal371
Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 960Harding#1,351#391
  2. 607Cameron#1,351#744
  3. 566Hardin#1,531#965
  4. 392Laurel#1,321#929
  5. 368Terrence#1,297#929
Fallers
  1. 789Pershing#593#1,382
  2. 580Woodroe#877#1,457
  3. 385Quinten#867#1,252
  4. 383Orvel#890#1,273
  5. 373Rexford#927#1,300

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

See the top 100 for 1920