Maynard
Boy · MAY-nard · Germanic
Maynard is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “strong and brave”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Maynard mean?
Germanic: Germanic, via Norman French; also an English surname
“strong and brave”
Brought to England by the Normans; the economist John Maynard Keynes carried it as a middle name.
- Say it
- MAY-nard
Is Maynard a girl's or a boy's name?
Maynard is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maynard in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Maynard, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 1922, with 398 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Maynard in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1947, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maynard in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,059 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 27 | #2,483 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,319 |
| 1988 | 29 | #2,141 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 24 | #2,288 |
| 1985 | 21 | #2,426 |
| 1984 | 27 | #1,978 |
| 1983 | 30 | #1,821 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,810 |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,852 |
| 1979 | 34 | #1,670 |
| 1978 | 38 | #1,508 |
| 1977 | 52 | #1,221 |
| 1976 | 40 | #1,411 |
| 1975 | 32 | #1,592 |
| 1974 | 34 | #1,501 |
| 1973 | 49 | #1,176 |
| 1972 | 38 | #1,364 |
| 1971 | 53 | #1,127 |
| 1970 | 46 | #1,222 |
| 1969 | 55 | #1,042 |
| 1968 | 52 | #1,026 |
| 1967 | 52 | #1,003 |
| 1966 | 56 | #968 |
| 1965 | 67 | #897 |
| 1964 | 69 | #914 |
| 1963 | 73 | #875 |
| 1962 | 83 | #831 |
| 1961 | 85 | #832 |
| 1960 | 80 | #841 |
| 1959 | 112 | #721 |
| 1958 | 98 | #743 |
| 1957 | 94 | #774 |
| 1956 | 122 | #681 |
| 1955 | 131 | #646 |
| 1954 | 129 | #645 |
| 1953 | 146 | #597 |
| 1952 | 155 | #562 |
| 1951 | 164 | #530 |
| 1950 | 154 | #545 |
| 1949 | 153 | #538 |
| 1948 | 191 | #481 |
| 1947 | 212 | #461 |
| 1946 | 209 | #438 |
| 1945 | 188 | #434 |
| 1944 | 189 | #443 |
| 1943 | 237 | #399 |
| 1942 | 234 | #395 |
| 1941 | 222 | #386 |
| 1940 | 257 | #355 |
| 1939 | 251 | #350 |
| 1938 | 277 | #335 |
| 1937 | 278 | #324 |
| 1936 | 288 | #316 |
| 1935 | 312 | #306 |
| 1934 | 354 | #288 |
| 1933 | 289 | #317 |
| 1932 | 343 | #298 |
| 1931 | 348 | #297 |
| 1930 | 356 | #302 |
| 1929 | 337 | #302 |
| 1928 | 374 | #294 |
| 1927 | 345 | #310 |
| 1926 | 336 | #309 |
| 1925 | 375 | #295 |
| 1924 | 359 | #301 |
| 1923 | 354 | #296 |
| 1922 | 398 | #279 |
| 1921 | 397 | #280 |
| 1920 | 374 | #290 |
| 1919 | 355 | #282 |
| 1918 | 352 | #289 |
| 1917 | 333 | #284 |
| 1916 | 291 | #305 |
| 1915 | 294 | #294 |
| 1914 | 210 | #313 |
| 1913 | 169 | #306 |
| 1912 | 151 | #290 |
| 1911 | 62 | #349 |
| 1910 | 50 | #362 |
| 1909 | 43 | #357 |
| 1908 | 33 | #413 |
| 1907 | 41 | #331 |
| 1906 | 33 | #363 |
| 1905 | 31 | #370 |
| 1904 | 28 | #390 |
| 1903 | 33 | #330 |
| 1902 | 25 | #404 |
| 1901 | 23 | #394 |
| 1900 | 26 | #446 |
| 1899 | 31 | #315 |
| 1898 | 14 | #572 |
| 1897 | 24 | #384 |
| 1896 | 19 | #462 |
| 1895 | 19 | #456 |
| 1894 | 14 | #543 |
| 1893 | 15 | #479 |
| 1892 | 12 | #596 |
| 1891 | 17 | #427 |
| 1890 | 11 | #603 |
| 1889 | 11 | #581 |
| 1888 | 8 | #755 |
| 1887 | 10 | #583 |
| 1886 | 10 | #605 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 10 | #597 |
| 1882 | 8 | #691 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 12 | #526 |
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