Maribeth
#6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births
- Peak · girls
- 1957 · 216 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,098since 1916
Maribeth over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Maribeth has never cracked the top 600 here.
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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
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,325 | 18 |
| 2024 | #6,167 | 19 |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 |
| 2021 | #7,630 | 14 |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 |
| 2017 | #6,808 | 17 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 |
| 2015 | #7,266 | 16 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 |
| 2012 | #7,456 | 16 |
| 2011 | #5,358 | 25 |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 |
| 2006 | #5,709 | 23 |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 |
| 2004 | #6,489 | 18 |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 |
| 2001 | #4,688 | 25 |
| 2000 | #4,185 | 29 |
| 1999 | #4,313 | 26 |
| 1998 | #4,796 | 22 |
| 1997 | #3,897 | 28 |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 |
| 1995 | #3,220 | 35 |
| 1994 | #3,302 | 34 |
| 1993 | #3,776 | 28 |
| 1992 | #3,680 | 29 |
| 1991 | #2,291 | 56 |
| 1990 | #3,227 | 34 |
| 1989 | #2,371 | 49 |
| 1988 | #1,822 | 68 |
| 1987 | #2,309 | 46 |
| 1986 | #1,890 | 59 |
| 1985 | #1,666 | 70 |
| 1984 | #1,788 | 60 |
| 1983 | #1,961 | 52 |
| 1982 | #1,922 | 55 |
| 1981 | #1,912 | 56 |
| 1980 | #1,677 | 68 |
| 1979 | #1,917 | 54 |
| 1978 | #1,781 | 57 |
| 1977 | #1,609 | 66 |
| 1976 | #1,912 | 47 |
| 1975 | #2,097 | 41 |
| 1974 | #1,520 | 64 |
| 1973 | #1,647 | 55 |
| 1972 | #1,607 | 56 |
| 1971 | #1,237 | 90 |
| 1970 | #1,263 | 87 |
| 1969 | #1,100 | 101 |
| 1968 | #1,110 | 93 |
| 1967 | #923 | 123 |
| 1966 | #811 | 151 |
| 1965 | #688 | 204 |
| 1964 | #819 | 164 |
| 1963 | #780 | 176 |
| 1962 | #781 | 178 |
| 1961 | #727 | 205 |
| 1960 | #736 | 190 |
| 1959 | #762 | 178 |
| 1958 | #708 | 194 |
| 1957 | #667 | 216 |
| 1956 | #705 | 184 |
| 1955 | #744 | 163 |
| 1954 | #697 | 179 |
| 1953 | #730 | 155 |
| 1952 | #697 | 165 |
| 1951 | #824 | 118 |
| 1950 | #818 | 114 |
| 1949 | #895 | 97 |
| 1948 | #977 | 79 |
| 1947 | #937 | 89 |
| 1946 | #953 | 76 |
| 1945 | #881 | 73 |
| 1944 | #821 | 86 |
| 1943 | #1,077 | 55 |
| 1942 | #1,325 | 37 |
| 1941 | #1,041 | 49 |
| 1940 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1939 | #1,514 | 25 |
| 1938 | #1,703 | 21 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1935 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 |
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| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 |
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| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 |
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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.
Where Maribeth is popular in 1957
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Massachusetts#303 · 1 in 3,843
- Wisconsin#328 · 1 in 3,660
- Pennsylvania#404 · 1 in 4,725
- Connecticut#404 · 1 in 4,974
- Michigan#425 · 1 in 4,756
Best ever in a state: #207 in Rhode Island, 1965.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #303 | 14 | 1 in 3,843 |
| Wisconsin | #328 | 12 | 1 in 3,660 |
| Connecticut | #404 | 5 | 1 in 4,974 |
| Pennsylvania | #404 | 25 | 1 in 4,725 |
| Michigan | #425 | 20 | 1 in 4,756 |
| Indiana | #426 | 11 | 1 in 4,719 |
| Illinois | #428 | 23 | 1 in 4,715 |
| Ohio | #448 | 20 | 1 in 5,554 |
| New Jersey | #455 | 10 | 1 in 5,761 |
| Missouri | #485 | 8 | 1 in 5,647 |
| New York | #615 | 19 | 1 in 8,917 |
| Texas | #1,237 | 5 | 1 in 23,088 |
| California | #1,303 | 6 | 1 in 27,329 |
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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
- 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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 17 | #3,817 (1919) | #4,348 |
| 1920s | 76 | #2,587 (1929) | #3,270 |
| 1930s | 146 | #1,514 (1939) | #2,350 |
| 1940s | 661 | #821 (1944) | #1,070 |
| 1950s | 1,666 | #667 (1957) | #735 |
| 1960s | 1,585 | #688 (1965) | #848 |
| 1970s | 617 | #1,237 (1971) | #1,659 |
| 1980s | 583 | #1,666 (1985) | #1,932 |
| 1990s | 318 | #2,291 (1991) | #3,656 |
| 2000s | 197 | #4,185 (2000) | #6,360 |
| 2010s | 143 | #5,358 (2011) | #8,368 |
| 2020s | 89 | #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 1957
girls
#667
216 births · 1 in 9,467 girls
Top girls' names in 1957
More about 1957
girls
2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 9,467 of them was named Maribeth, which outranked 90.5% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).