Maynard
Maynard is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. Its best rank was 279th, in 1922.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 90.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1922398 births
- Best rank
- #279in 1922
- Since 1880
- 14,911people given the name
The story in the numbers
14,911 boys have been named Maynard in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1922, with 398 births.
The name has all but left use: 9 births in 2024, against 398 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1932, and the 1920s alone account for 24%. It has spent 84 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Maynard | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 69 | |
| 1890s | 176 | |
| 1900s | 316 | |
| 1910s | 2,267 | |
| 1920s | 3,649 | |
| 1930s | 3,096 | |
| 1940s | 2,092 | |
| 1950s | 1,305 | |
| 1960s | 672 | |
| 1970s | 416 | |
| 1980s | 254 | |
| 1990s | 181 | |
| 2000s | 192 | |
| 2010s | 158 | |
| 2020s | 68 |
In 1922, its biggest year
Maynard was the 279th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1922 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1922.
Names that rose and fell with Maynard
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Merlepeak 1925
- Haroldpeak 1924
- Bufordpeak 1921
- Cletuspeak 1922
- Elwinpeak 1923
- Wilbertpeak 1922
- Ancilpeak 1920
- Harlandpeak 1922
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.