Maybelle
#2,822 for girls in 2025, 60 births
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 29 births
- Debut · girls
- 16 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,366since 1880
Maybelle over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Maybelle has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,822 | 60 |
| 2024 | #4,387 | 32 |
| 2023 | #3,181 | 51 |
| 2022 | #2,856 | 59 |
| 2021 | #3,435 | 45 |
| 2020 | #3,778 | 38 |
| 2019 | #3,923 | 37 |
| 2018 | #5,152 | 25 |
| 2017 | #4,811 | 28 |
| 2016 | #4,250 | 34 |
| 2015 | #4,144 | 35 |
| 2014 | #5,625 | 23 |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 |
| 1953 | #2,516 | 18 |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 17 |
| 1948 | #1,820 | 27 |
| 1947 | #1,822 | 28 |
| 1946 | #1,678 | 28 |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 |
| 1944 | #1,609 | 26 |
| 1943 | #1,251 | 42 |
| 1942 | #1,091 | 52 |
| 1941 | #1,133 | 43 |
| 1940 | #1,046 | 47 |
| 1939 | #1,022 | 48 |
| 1938 | #1,055 | 46 |
| 1937 | #1,196 | 36 |
| 1936 | #979 | 49 |
| 1935 | #1,031 | 45 |
| 1934 | #815 | 68 |
| 1933 | #790 | 70 |
| 1932 | #745 | 82 |
| 1931 | #777 | 75 |
| 1930 | #690 | 99 |
| 1929 | #698 | 100 |
| 1928 | #718 | 97 |
| 1927 | #734 | 95 |
| 1926 | #612 | 134 |
| 1925 | #668 | 122 |
| 1924 | #636 | 139 |
| 1923 | #658 | 127 |
| 1922 | #609 | 142 |
| 1921 | #557 | 164 |
| 1920 | #548 | 169 |
| 1919 | #534 | 164 |
| 1918 | #459 | 212 |
| 1917 | #452 | 203 |
| 1916 | #437 | 208 |
| 1915 | #491 | 156 |
| 1914 | #461 | 141 |
| 1913 | #387 | 156 |
| 1912 | #431 | 118 |
| 1911 | #430 | 89 |
| 1910 | #381 | 106 |
| 1909 | #391 | 87 |
| 1908 | #348 | 105 |
| 1907 | #361 | 95 |
| 1906 | #348 | 90 |
| 1905 | #372 | 84 |
| 1904 | #382 | 74 |
| 1903 | #381 | 69 |
| 1902 | #368 | 75 |
| 1901 | #356 | 73 |
| 1900 | #352 | 91 |
| 1899 | #361 | 65 |
| 1898 | #352 | 78 |
| 1897 | #386 | 56 |
| 1896 | #355 | 67 |
| 1895 | #346 | 66 |
| 1894 | #395 | 51 |
| 1893 | #334 | 65 |
| 1892 | #371 | 52 |
| 1891 | #372 | 45 |
| 1890 | #369 | 46 |
| 1889 | #405 | 36 |
| 1888 | #343 | 49 |
| 1887 | #332 | 41 |
| 1886 | #371 | 33 |
| 1885 | #365 | 31 |
| 1884 | #398 | 25 |
| 1883 | #336 | 28 |
| 1882 | #326 | 29 |
| 1881 | #418 | 16 |
| 1880 | #421 | 16 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Maybelle was already there! It came in at #421, and was given to 16 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1965–1966, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Maybelle is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- South Carolina#215 · 1 in 1,396
- Florida#279 · 1 in 1,783
- North Carolina#300 · 1 in 2,625
- Oklahoma#319 · 1 in 2,201
- Massachusetts#336 · 1 in 5,025
Best ever in a state: #157 in Wisconsin, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #215 | 14 | 1 in 1,396 |
| Florida | #279 | 5 | 1 in 1,783 |
| North Carolina | #300 | 12 | 1 in 2,625 |
| Oklahoma | #319 | 9 | 1 in 2,201 |
| Massachusetts | #336 | 7 | 1 in 5,025 |
| California | #347 | 7 | 1 in 2,981 |
| New Jersey | #355 | 5 | 1 in 5,975 |
| Tennessee | #357 | 8 | 1 in 3,047 |
| Wisconsin | #366 | 5 | 1 in 4,658 |
| Mississippi | #367 | 6 | 1 in 2,933 |
| Arkansas | #380 | 7 | 1 in 2,572 |
| Ohio | #416 | 8 | 1 in 6,337 |
| Michigan | #431 | 6 | 1 in 5,695 |
| Georgia | #444 | 6 | 1 in 5,206 |
| Pennsylvania | #451 | 10 | 1 in 9,342 |
| Texas | #462 | 14 | 1 in 3,376 |
| New York | #469 | 11 | 1 in 8,837 |
| Illinois | #601 | 5 | 1 in 11,646 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 1,565 spots since 2024 (#4,387 → #2,822)
- 956 spots since 2020 (#3,778 → #2,822)
- 1,322 spots since 2015 (#4,144 → #2,822)
- Biggest jump: 92 spots in 1882 (#418 → #326)
- Biggest drop: 217 spots in 1937 (#979 → #1,196)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #326 (29 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 72 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 56 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1880–1934
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,184
- Highest: 1 in 3,184 girls born in 1908 were named Maybelle (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 26,788 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #326 in 1882, was only 1 in 3,719 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
- 24.4% of all girls named Maybelle (1,553) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 304 | #326 (1882) | #372 |
| 1890s | 591 | #334 (1893) | #364 |
| 1900s | 843 | #348 (1908) | #366 |
| 1910s | 1,553 | #381 (1910) | #446 |
| 1920s | 1,289 | #548 (1920) | #644 |
| 1930s | 618 | #690 (1930) | #910 |
| 1940s | 328 | #1,046 (1940) | #1,585 |
| 1950s | 128 | #2,341 (1950) | #3,441 |
| 1960s | 64 | #4,011 (1962) | #5,274 |
| 1970s | 19 | #6,558 (1972) | #7,393 |
| 1980s | 21 | #9,144 (1984) | #10,153 |
| 1990s | 14 | #9,479 (1999) | #11,455 |
| 2000s | 58 | #8,109 (2008) | #10,962 |
| 2010s | 251 | #3,923 (2019) | #5,770 |
| 2020s | 285 | #2,822 (2025) | #3,410 |
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.
Maybelle in 1917
girls
#452
203 births · 1 in 5,326 girls
Top girls' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 5,326 of them was named Maybelle, which outranked 91.5% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).