Maebell — girls' name

What the Data Says About Maebell

The Social Security Administration has registered 823 babies named Maebell between 1891 and 1952, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maebell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1952. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maebell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 277 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Maebell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 72 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Maebell in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maebell in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 823 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.