# Maynard (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/maynard/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 14,940 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 14,918 / 22 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 9, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 6 | 4,620 |
| 1920 | 6 | 4,764 |
| 1927 | 5 | 5,351 |
| 1930 | 5 | 5,017 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 5,355 |
| 2012 | 17 | 5,416 |
| 2013 | 14 | 6,133 |
| 2014 | 19 | 4,997 |
| 2015 | 16 | 5,652 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,655 |
| 2017 | 21 | 4,685 |
| 2018 | 19 | 5,041 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7,462 |
| 2020 | 17 | 5,391 |
| 2021 | 7 | 10,412 |
| 2022 | 25 | 4,252 |
| 2023 | 10 | 8,062 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,751 |
| 2025 | 7 | 10,325 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Maynard

- John Maynard Keynes, British economist (1883–1946)
- John Maynard Smith, British theoretical evolutionary biologist and geneticist (1920-2004)
- Maynard Ferguson, Canadian jazz musician and bandleader (1928–2006)
- Robert Maynard Hutchins, American philosopher and university president (1899–1977)
- Maynard Solomon, American music executive and musicologist; co-founder of Vanguard Records, music producer,
- Maynard Dixon, American painter (1875-1946)
- Maynard V. Olson, American scientist
- Robert M. Pirsig, American writer and philosopher (1928–2017)
- Steve Clark, British guitarist (1960–1991)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.