Girls' name · since 1880
Maybelle
6,366 babies named Maybelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,205 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,822 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,366
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Yes -- Maybelle is the #2822 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 6,366 recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Maybelle recorded 6,366 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #2822 nationally today, ahead of 84% of girls, peaking in the 1910s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #2,205 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,822 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,366 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maybelle ranks #2,205 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,822 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,366 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #2,205 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,822 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,366
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Maybelle's 6,366 recorded births place it above 96.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
34 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by South Carolina.
How Maybelle compares
6,366 Top 12% higher than 88% 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
Maybelle's all-time total is 17x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maybelle | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,366 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 212 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maybelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Maybelle splits its recorded history at 1939: 19% of all births land in the more recent half, 81% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1965 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 212 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Maybelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1918)
- 212
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Maybelle by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (1,553 births, 24% of the file).
1910s was Maybelle's strongest decade.
1,553 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Maybelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 304
1880s
304 births
- 1890s 591
1890s
591 births
- 1900s
1900s
843 births
- 1910s
1910s
1,553 births
- 1920s
1920s
1,289 births
- 1930s 618
1930s
618 births
- 1940s 328
1940s
328 births
- 1950s 128
1950s
128 births
- 1960s 64
1960s
64 births
- 1970s 19
1970s
19 births
- 1980s 21
1980s
21 births
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
- 2000s 58
2000s
58 births
- 2010s 251
2010s
251 births
- 2020s 285
2020s
285 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 1,553 births (24% of all-time use).
How Maybelle compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Maybelle's total volume
Maybelle by state
Where Maybelle concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 172 | 2.7% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 157 | 2.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 152 | 2.4% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 148 | 2.3% |
| #5 | California | | 145 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 145 | 2.3% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 109 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 79 | 1.2% |
172 of 6,366 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Maybelle appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Maybelle's data
- Maybelle's decade-level peak was the 1910s (1,553 total births); usage has since declined to 285 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- South Carolina records the most Maybelles (172 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. South Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maybelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Maybelle 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.