Marybeth

Where Marybeth comes from

From Mary + Beth.
— Wiktionary's entry for Marybeth
Along the way
  1. 1909
    First appearance
    #2,208 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1942
    Marybeth Tinning born
    American serial killer
  3. 1962
    Peak, #442
    471 babies named Marybeth — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1968
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #636.
  5. 1995
    Marybeth Sant-Price born
    American track and field athlete
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes
  • Marybeth Sant-Price · American track and field athlete, born 1995
  • Marybeth Tinning · American serial killer, born 1942
  • Marybeth Peters · 11th U.S. Register of Copyrights, 1939–2022

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.