Maynard
Maynard was given to 7 boys in 2025, #10,321 among boys’ names; 14,940 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,860 Americans named Maynard and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (26% of everyone recorded); the median is 69 years old and half are between 50 and 80.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Maynard by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Maynard?
#10,321 among boys’ names, 2025
Maynard fell from #5,648 in 2015 to #10,321 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 8.3 to 4.1 per million.
398 babies in 1922, the peak
Maynard peaked in 1922, when 398 boys were given it, #279 among boys’ names. The 7 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #10,321 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,746 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 10 | #8,057 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,248 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 7 | #10,407 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,387 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,457 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 19 | #5,037 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,681 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 6 | #11,650 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (143)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 16 | #5,648 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,993 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 14 | #6,128 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,410 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,351 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,169 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,864 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,835 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,079 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,623 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,577 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,713 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,687 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,989 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 15 | #5,051 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,656 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,336 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 13 | #5,078 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,117 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 12 | #5,077 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,789 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,414 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,452 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,962 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,755 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 27 | #2,529 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,393 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 29 | #2,173 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 17 | #3,027 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 24 | #2,335 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 21 | #2,477 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 27 | #2,014 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 30 | #1,848 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,971 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,841 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,894 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 34 | #1,697 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 38 | #1,522 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 52 | #1,233 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 40 | #1,424 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 32 | #1,614 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 34 | #1,509 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 49 | #1,182 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 38 | #1,379 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 53 | #1,132 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 46 | #1,233 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 55 | #1,046 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 52 | #1,032 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 52 | #1,014 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 56 | #978 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 67 | #908 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 69 | #917 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 73 | #876 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 83 | #836 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 85 | #835 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 80 | #848 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 112 | #724 | 0.05 |
| 1958 | 98 | #744 | 0.05 |
| 1957 | 94 | #775 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 122 | #681 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 131 | #646 | 0.06 |
| 1954 | 129 | #646 | 0.06 |
| 1953 | 146 | #599 | 0.07 |
| 1952 | 155 | #563 | 0.08 |
| 1951 | 164 | #530 | 0.09 |
| 1950 | 154 | #545 | 0.09 |
| 1949 | 153 | #538 | 0.09 |
| 1948 | 191 | #481 | 0.11 |
| 1947 | 212 | #461 | 0.12 |
| 1946 | 209 | #439 | 0.13 |
| 1945 | 188 | #436 | 0.14 |
| 1944 | 189 | #443 | 0.14 |
| 1943 | 237 | #399 | 0.17 |
| 1942 | 234 | #396 | 0.17 |
| 1941 | 222 | #386 | 0.18 |
| 1940 | 257 | #356 | 0.22 |
| 1939 | 251 | #350 | 0.23 |
| 1938 | 277 | #335 | 0.25 |
| 1937 | 278 | #325 | 0.26 |
| 1936 | 288 | #317 | 0.28 |
| 1935 | 312 | #306 | 0.30 |
| 1934 | 354 | #288 | 0.34 |
| 1933 | 289 | #318 | 0.29 |
| 1932 | 343 | #298 | 0.33 |
| 1931 | 348 | #297 | 0.33 |
| 1930 | 356 | #302 | 0.32 |
| 1929 | 337 | #302 | 0.31 |
| 1928 | 374 | #294 | 0.34 |
| 1927 | 345 | #310 | 0.31 |
| 1926 | 336 | #309 | 0.30 |
| 1925 | 375 | #295 | 0.34 |
| 1924 | 359 | #301 | 0.32 |
| 1923 | 354 | #297 | 0.32 |
| 1922 | 398 | #279 | 0.37 |
| 1921 | 397 | #280 | 0.36 |
| 1920 | 374 | #290 | 0.35 |
| 1919 | 355 | #284 | 0.36 |
| 1918 | 352 | #289 | 0.35 |
| 1917 | 333 | #284 | 0.36 |
| 1916 | 291 | #306 | 0.33 |
| 1915 | 294 | #294 | 0.35 |
| 1914 | 210 | #314 | 0.32 |
| 1913 | 169 | #306 | 0.33 |
| 1912 | 151 | #291 | 0.35 |
| 1911 | 62 | #352 | 0.27 |
| 1910 | 50 | #362 | 0.26 |
| 1909 | 43 | #362 | 0.26 |
| 1908 | 33 | #419 | 0.21 |
| 1907 | 41 | #337 | 0.28 |
| 1906 | 33 | #371 | 0.25 |
| 1905 | 31 | #376 | 0.23 |
| 1904 | 28 | #399 | 0.22 |
| 1903 | 33 | #337 | 0.28 |
| 1902 | 25 | #409 | 0.20 |
| 1901 | 23 | #396 | 0.22 |
| 1900 | 26 | #453 | 0.17 |
| 1899 | 31 | #321 | 0.29 |
| 1898 | 14 | #592 | 0.11 |
| 1897 | 24 | #390 | 0.21 |
| 1896 | 19 | #474 | 0.16 |
| 1895 | 19 | #468 | 0.16 |
| 1894 | 14 | #555 | 0.12 |
| 1893 | 15 | #494 | 0.13 |
| 1892 | 12 | #626 | 0.10 |
| 1891 | 17 | #439 | 0.17 |
| 1890 | 11 | #623 | 0.10 |
| 1889 | 11 | #611 | 0.10 |
| 1888 | 8 | #794 | 0.07 |
| 1887 | 10 | #616 | 0.10 |
| 1886 | 10 | #628 | 0.09 |
| 1883 | 10 | #623 | 0.10 |
| 1882 | 8 | #735 | 0.07 |
| 1880 | 12 | #550 | 0.11 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Maynard a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Maynard has been given almost only to boys: 22 girls in 143 years of records.
Girls and boys named Maynard: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Maynard, and how old are they?
3,860 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 26% of the 14,940 Americans ever recorded as Maynard. The median Maynard alive today is 69 years old; half are between 50 and 80.
The 2020 Census counted 5,005 people named Maynard (30 women and girls, 4,975 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,912 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 858 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,540 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 638 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 339 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 286 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 180 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Maynard born?
The states with the most babies named Maynard are Minnesota, Michigan and New York, with 24% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Minnesota is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 1,027 | not ranked | 3.2× |
| Michigan | 781 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| New York | 732 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Wisconsin | 722 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 663 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Virginia | 631 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Ohio | 630 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 612 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Iowa | 567 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Maine | 522 | not ranked | 5.2× |
Where Maynard is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Maynard is most over-represented in Maine: since 1910 it was given 5.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Maynard with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Maynard
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Maynard and names like it
- Compare Maynard and NorwoodBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sMaynard peaked in 1922.
- Minnesota’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Maynard since 1910.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Maynard.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Maynard alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.