How rare is the name Maynard?

5,005 people in the United States have the first name Maynard, about 1 in 60,346. It ranks #3,904 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MAYNARD

#3,904

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,005
About
1 in 60,346
This common or more
83.2%
Who bears it

Of the 5,005 people named Maynard, 80.3% reported their origin as White, 8.5% as Black and 4.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Maynard peaked in 1922, when 398 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1922
Births that year
398
In 2025*
7 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 14,940 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Maynard by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #647. The largest share of babies named Maynard, 36.9%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#1,51269
1890s#1,177176
1900s#1,004316
1910s#6652,273
1920s#6473,660
1930s#6693,101
1940s#9472,092
1950s#1,4551,305
1960s#2,204672
1970s#3,330416
1980s#5,446254
1990s#8,666181
2000s#10,386192
2010s#12,474158
2020s#14,04875
Before 19011.8%
Greatest Generation 1901–2736.9%
Silent Generation 1928–4534.4%
Baby boom 1946–6416.5%
Generation X 1965–804.9%
Millennials 1981–962.4%
Generation Z 1997–121.9%
2013 and later1.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Maynard is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Maynard has been most common in Maine (11×), North Dakota (10×), and South Dakota (9.8×), and least common in Texas (0.14×).

10,375 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Maynard

#3,902 Rhianna · 5,007#3,903 Kesha · 5,006#3,905 Antionette · 5,004#3,906 Shante · 5,003

Also a last name

As a last name, Maynard ranks #987 of 156,621, with 34,753 people. See Maynard as a last name

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