Maybelle

Where Maybelle comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Maybelle.

  • Vowel-ended
Maybelle through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #421 among girls, with 16 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1882
    Peak, #326
    29 babies named Maybelle, its best rank.
  3. 1907
    Maybelle Reichardt born
    American discus thrower
  4. 1909
    Maybelle Carter born
    American country musician
  5. 1954
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #4,278.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Maybelle Carter · American country musician, 1909–1978
  • Maybelle Reichardt · American discus thrower, 1907–1999
  • Maybelle Goodlander · American photographer, 1882–1959

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.