Girls' name · since 1888
Maybel
380 babies named Maybel in U.S. Social Security records since 1888, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,949 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,554 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 380
- born since 1888
- 2020s
- peak decade
Maybel currently ranks #4554 among girls' names in America, with 380 babies recorded since 1888.
Social Security Administration records show Maybel recorded 380 times among girls since 1888, holding rank #4554 nationally today, ahead of 74% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1888 to 2025.
- #13,949 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,554 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 380 born since 1888
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maybel ranks #13,949 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,554 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 380 born since 1888, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,949 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,554 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 380
- born since 1888
- 2020s
- peak decade
Maybel's 380 recorded births place it above 80.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Maybel compares
380 Top 50% higher than 50% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Maybel's all-time total is 1% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maybel | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 380 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 31 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maybel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Maybel splits its recorded history at 2001: 70% of all births land in the more recent half, 30% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1888 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 31 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Maybel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1888–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 138 years of records
Maybel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (130 births, 34% of the file).
2020s was Maybel's strongest decade.
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Maybel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1890s 24
1890s
24 births
- 1900s 21
1900s
21 births
- 1910s 33
1910s
33 births
- 1920s 32
1920s
32 births
- 2000s 26
2000s
26 births
- 2010s
2010s
109 births
- 2020s
2020s
130 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 130 births (34% of all-time use).
Maybel by state
Where Maybel concentrates geographically, total births since 1888
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 1.6% |
6 of 380 births nationwide.
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- California records the most Maybels (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Maybel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~137 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1888–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Maybel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.