Maywood — boys' name
26 babies named Maywood in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1935. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
26 boys have been named Maywood since 1915, peaking in the 1930s, last recorded in 1937.
- 26
- total births
- 1915–1937
- years on record
- 1930s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
42% of everyone ever named Maywood was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Maywood in 1935 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maywood
The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Maywood between 1915 and 1937, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Maywood currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1937. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Maywood is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 6 additional births since 1914.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maywood performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Maywood shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maywood in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 26 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Maywood at a glance
Last recorded 1937Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Maywood popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1937–1915
- Peak year (1935)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1937.
26 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1935 with 6 births in a single year.
Maywood popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 1914 (Maywood as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Maywood accounts for 19% of total recorded use across both genders.
Maywood by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 11 births that decade — 42% of Maywood's all-time total
Maywood decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Maywood's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–1937 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.