Marybeth — #6642 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Marybeth

The Social Security Administration has registered 10,241 babies named Marybeth between 1909 and 2024, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marybeth currently holds the #6642 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 488 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marybeth performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 3,801 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Marybeth shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,725 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Marybeth in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marybeth 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 10,241 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.