Maynard
Maynard is a masculine given name.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Maynard
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maynard is a masculine given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Maynard
Maynard first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1880, with 12 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1922: 398 births, good for #279 nationwide. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 24% of all recorded Maynards. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #7,157 among baby boy names with 10 births, gradually falling (-15%). In total, more than 15K Maynards have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Maynard
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Maynard. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Maynard
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- Maynard (Australian media personality) , DJ with ABC in Australia
- Maynard Ferguson (1928–2006), Canadian jazz trumpeter
- Maynard Jackson (1938–2003), former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
- Maynard James Keenan (born 1964), singer for the bands Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer (born James Herbert Keenan)
- John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946), English economist
- Maynard C. Krueger (1906–1991), socialist professor and politician
- Maynard Lyndon (1907-1999), American architect
- Maynard Jack Ramsay (1914–2005), American entomologist
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Names that sound like Maynard
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About the name Maynard
Maynard is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 15K births in the dataset. Maynard's peak popularity came in 1922 when it ranked #279. Use the chart and map above to compare Maynard's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.