Girls' name · since 1916

Maynette

15 babies named Maynette in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

15
total births
1916–1924
years on record
1920s
peak decade
67%
born in that decade

15 girls have been named Maynette since 1916, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.

Maynette has 15 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1924.

  • 15 total births
  • 1916–1924 years on record
  • 1920s peak decade
  • 67% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Maynette's 15 recorded births place it above 30% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Maynette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Maynette's full recorded timeline at 1923, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1916, with just 5 recorded births.

Maynette popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1924

Last recorded 1924
Peak year (1916)
5
Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
5 191619231924 5

Maynette by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

1920s was Maynette's strongest decade.

10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.

Maynette births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1920s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of July 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Maynette?
Maynette has been given to 15 babies in the U.S. since 1916, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 1924. 5 babies were born in 1916, its single highest year.
When was Maynette most popular?
Maynette was most popular in the 1920s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 1916.
How long has the name Maynette been used?
Maynette has been recorded in Social Security data since 1916, spanning 9 years of data through 1924.
What names are similar to Maynette?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Maya, May, Mayra, Mayme, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–1924 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac. "Maynette: Baby Name Since 1916 - 15 Births, Peak 1916." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/maynette. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Maynette draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.