Unisex name · since 1915
Maywood
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.
- 26
- total births
- 1915–1937
- years on record
- 1930s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
Maywood is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 26 have been recorded since 1915.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maywood has been recorded 26 times among boys since 1915, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1930s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1937.
- 26 total births
- 1915–1937 years on record
- 1930s peak decade
- 42% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Maywood's 26 recorded births place it above 40% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maywood's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maywood's full recorded timeline at 1923, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1935 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maywood popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1937
- Peak year (1935)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Maywood popularity over time - girls
6 total births recorded since 1914 (Maywood as girls' name)
Maywood by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1930s was Maywood's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Maywood births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
10 births
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 11 births (42% of all-time use).
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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, 1915–1937 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Maywood: Baby Name Since 1915 - 26 Births, Peak 1935." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/maywood. 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 Maywood 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.