Maribeth — #6173 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Maribeth

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,080 babies named Maribeth between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maribeth currently holds the #6173 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 216 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maribeth performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 1,666 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Maribeth shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 641 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Maribeth in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maribeth 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 6,080 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.