Maribeth
Maribeth was given to 18 girls in 2025, #6,468 among girls’ names; 6,098 Americans have been recorded with it since 1916 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,000 Americans named Maribeth and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (82% of everyone recorded); the median is 62 years old and half are between 46 and 70.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Maribeth by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Maribeth mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Maribeth is “a female given name originating as a coinage.”
From Mary + Beth.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Maribeth?
#6,468 among girls’ names, 2025
Maribeth rose from #7,484 in 2015 to #6,468 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 9.0 to 11.2 per million.
216 babies in 1957, the peak
Maribeth peaked in 1957, when 216 girls were given it, #666 among girls’ names. The 18 births of 2025 are 8% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,468 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,316 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,323 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,341 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,879 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,750 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 9 | #11,052 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,438 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,987 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,838 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (107)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 16 | #7,484 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 8 | #12,664 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,999 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,669 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,476 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,399 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,235 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,975 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,352 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,842 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 17 | #7,038 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,667 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,960 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,294 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,774 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 29 | #4,242 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,398 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,880 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,964 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,134 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 35 | #3,254 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 34 | #3,342 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,837 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,737 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 56 | #2,307 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 34 | #3,262 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 49 | #2,386 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 68 | #1,828 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 46 | #2,323 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 59 | #1,899 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 70 | #1,671 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 60 | #1,803 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,982 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 55 | #1,939 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 56 | #1,927 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 68 | #1,686 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 54 | #1,938 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 57 | #1,795 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 66 | #1,618 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 47 | #1,924 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 41 | #2,118 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 64 | #1,527 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 55 | #1,659 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 56 | #1,615 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 90 | #1,241 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 87 | #1,267 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 101 | #1,101 | 0.06 |
| 1968 | 93 | #1,112 | 0.06 |
| 1967 | 123 | #925 | 0.07 |
| 1966 | 151 | #811 | 0.09 |
| 1965 | 204 | #688 | 0.12 |
| 1964 | 164 | #819 | 0.09 |
| 1963 | 176 | #784 | 0.09 |
| 1962 | 178 | #781 | 0.09 |
| 1961 | 205 | #727 | 0.10 |
| 1960 | 190 | #738 | 0.09 |
| 1959 | 178 | #764 | 0.09 |
| 1958 | 194 | #708 | 0.10 |
| 1957 | 216 | #666 | 0.11 |
| 1956 | 184 | #704 | 0.09 |
| 1955 | 163 | #744 | 0.08 |
| 1954 | 179 | #696 | 0.09 |
| 1953 | 155 | #730 | 0.08 |
| 1952 | 165 | #697 | 0.09 |
| 1951 | 118 | #826 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 114 | #818 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 97 | #900 | 0.06 |
| 1948 | 79 | #984 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 89 | #937 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 76 | #959 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 73 | #886 | 0.06 |
| 1944 | 86 | #823 | 0.06 |
| 1943 | 55 | #1,082 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 37 | #1,338 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 49 | #1,049 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,825 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,533 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,736 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,400 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,344 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 18 | #1,890 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,381 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,234 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,844 | under 0.01 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,378 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,793 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,677 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 10 | #3,076 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,988 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 7 | #4,135 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,285 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 11 | #3,081 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 11 | #3,081 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 7 | #4,245 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 7 | #4,096 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 5 | #5,311 | under 0.01 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,894 | under 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Maribeth a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Maribeth has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 107 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Maribeth: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Maribeth, and how old are they?
5,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 82% of the 6,098 Americans ever recorded as Maribeth. The median Maribeth alive today is 62 years old; half are between 46 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 6,019 people named Maribeth (6,014 women and girls, 5 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,225 born in the U.S. The Census count is 15% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 204 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,320 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,250 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 735 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 327 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 173 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Maribeth born?
The states with the most babies named Maribeth are Illinois, Pennsylvania and Ohio, with 46% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 641 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 483 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Ohio | 434 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| New York | 427 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 268 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Massachusetts | 210 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Wisconsin | 199 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| New Jersey | 150 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| California | 142 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Indiana | 107 | not ranked | 0.7× |
Where Maribeth is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Maribeth is most over-represented in Illinois: since 1916 it was given 2.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Maribeth with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 16,588 babies since 1880, Maribeth is the second most given (37% of them). In 2025 it was given to 18 of their 38 babies (47%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Maribeth
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Maribeth and names like it
- Compare Maribeth and MarybethBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sMaribeth peaked in 1957.
- Illinois’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Maribeth since 1910.
- Coined namesWiktionary’s origin for Maribeth: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1957The year the most babies were named Maribeth.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Maribeth alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.