Maybelle

Where Maybelle comes from

The dictionaries list Maybelle as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #421 among girls — 16 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1882
    Peak, #326
    29 babies named Maybelle — more than any year before or since.
  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.