How Many People Are Named Maynard?
people named Maynard are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 85,574 people in the US has this name
Based on 14,940 babies named Maynard in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
398 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which was derived from the Germanic given name MEGINHARD.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Maynard in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Maynard alive today is about 62 years old, and 65% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 50 and 79 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Maynard first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1922, to 398 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Maynard has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #279, in 1922. In 2025 it ranked #10,321.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,321 |
| Best rank | #279 (1922) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #298 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Maynard alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Maynard were born in Virginia than in any other state: about 165 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Maynard was given 8.4 times as often in Maine, 6.3 times in South Dakota and 6 times in North Dakota.
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