Maribeth

#6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births

Peak · girls
1957 · 216 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,098
since 1916

Maribeth over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Maribeth has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #667, 1957girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#6,32518
2024#6,16719
2023#8,05513
2022#8,03213
2021#7,63014
2020#8,40612
2019#10,4739
2018#8,14613
2017#6,80817
2016#9,41111
2015#7,26616
2014#11,9318
2013#9,61211
2012#7,45616
2011#5,35825
2010#7,21717
2009#7,06618
2008#6,79919
2007#9,00713
2006#5,70923
2005#6,82017
2004#6,48918
2003#5,79520
2002#7,04515
2001#4,68825
2000#4,18529
1999#4,31326
1998#4,79622
1997#3,89728
1996#4,05926
1995#3,22035
1994#3,30234
1993#3,77628
1992#3,68029
1991#2,29156
1990#3,22734
1989#2,37149
1988#1,82268
1987#2,30946
1986#1,89059
1985#1,66670
1984#1,78860
1983#1,96152
1982#1,92255
1981#1,91256
1980#1,67768
1979#1,91754
1978#1,78157
1977#1,60966
1976#1,91247
1975#2,09741
1974#1,52064
1973#1,64755
1972#1,60756
1971#1,23790
1970#1,26387
1969#1,100101
1968#1,11093
1967#923123
1966#811151
1965#688204
1964#819164
1963#780176
1962#781178
1961#727205
1960#736190
1959#762178
1958#708194
1957#667216
1956#705184
1955#744163
1954#697179
1953#730155
1952#697165
1951#824118
1950#818114
1949#89597
1948#97779
1947#93789
1946#95376
1945#88173
1944#82186
1943#1,07755
1942#1,32537
1941#1,04149
1940#1,79220
1939#1,51425
1938#1,70321
1937#2,31713
1936#2,26313
1935#1,84518
1934#2,28913
1933#2,16114
1932#4,4115
1931#2,30713
1930#2,69011
1929#2,58712
1928#2,95410
1927#2,85911
1926#3,8737
1925#4,0287
1924
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1922#2,95811
1921#2,94111
1920#3,9577
1919#3,8177
1918#4,8095
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1916#4,4175
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five girls were named Maribeth! It came in at #4,417, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1918, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Maribeth
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 158 spots since 2024 (#6,167#6,325)
  • 2,081 spots since 2020 (#8,406#6,325)
  • 941 spots since 2015 (#7,266#6,325)
  • Biggest jump: 256 spots in 1944 (#1,077#821)
  • Biggest drop: 187 spots in 1968 (#923#1,110)
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 1957 at #667 (216 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1944–1967
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,653
  • Highest: 1 in 8,653 girls born in 1965 were named Maribeth (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 89,293 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #667 in 1957, was only 1 in 9,467 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 27.3% of all girls named Maribeth (1,666) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s17#3,817 (1919)#4,348
1920s76#2,587 (1929)#3,270
1930s146#1,514 (1939)#2,350
1940s661#821 (1944)#1,070
1950s1,666#667 (1957)#735
1960s1,585#688 (1965)#848
1970s617#1,237 (1971)#1,659
1980s583#1,666 (1985)#1,932
1990s318#2,291 (1991)#3,656
2000s197#4,185 (2000)#6,360
2010s143#5,358 (2011)#8,368
2020s89#6,167 (2024)#7,436

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Maribeth in 1961

girls
#727
205 births · 1 in 9,846 girls

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #727Maribeth205
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 9,846 of them was named Maribeth, which outranked 90.3% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maribeth
  1. #724Fannie206
  2. #724Hilary206
  3. #724Lula206
  4. #727Maribeth205
  5. #727Selina205
  6. #729William204
  7. #730Francis203
  8. #730Kathrine203

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. 997Corinna#1,811#814
  2. 789Sabra#1,637#848
  3. 745Velvet#1,286#541
  4. 601Johnna#1,043#442
  5. 600Damita#1,597#997
Fallers
  1. 317Sheena#980#1,297
  2. 253Lita#909#1,162
  3. 241Jannette#970#1,211
  4. 229Francisca#939#1,168
  5. 214Andra#822#1,036

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1961