Maybelle
Maybelle was given to 60 girls in 2025, #2,849 among girls’ names; 6,366 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,120 Americans named Maybelle and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (18% of everyone recorded); the median is 20 years old and half are between 6 and 79.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Maybelle by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Maybelle mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Maybelle is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Maybelle?
#2,849 among girls’ names, 2025
Maybelle rose from #4,201 in 2015 to #2,849 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 19.6 to 37.3 per million.
212 babies in 1918, the peak
Maybelle peaked in 1918, when 212 girls were given it, #460 among girls’ names. The 60 births of 2025 are 28% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #2,849 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,442 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 51 | #3,211 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 59 | #2,886 | 0.04 |
| 2021 | 45 | #3,470 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,818 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,978 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,271 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,883 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 34 | #4,319 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (119)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 35 | #4,201 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,737 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,167 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 22 | #6,042 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,904 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,768 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 10 | #11,208 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,396 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,696 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 6 | #15,388 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 7 | #13,341 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,798 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 9 | #10,032 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 5 | #14,885 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 5 | #11,785 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,892 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 5 | #11,327 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 5 | #11,601 | under 0.01 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,806 | under 0.01 |
| 1972 | 7 | #7,001 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 5 | #9,118 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 5 | #8,211 | under 0.01 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,833 | under 0.01 |
| 1965 | 5 | #7,172 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,258 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,335 | under 0.01 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,184 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,777 | under 0.01 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,363 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,209 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,862 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,851 | under 0.01 |
| 1956 | 14 | #3,269 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,969 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,529 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 18 | #2,568 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,637 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 16 | #2,654 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 18 | #2,403 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 17 | #2,479 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 27 | #1,844 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,844 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,702 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 18 | #2,033 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 26 | #1,646 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 42 | #1,265 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 52 | #1,097 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 43 | #1,145 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 47 | #1,054 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 48 | #1,035 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 46 | #1,065 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 36 | #1,216 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 49 | #989 | 0.05 |
| 1935 | 45 | #1,035 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 68 | #824 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 70 | #797 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 82 | #747 | 0.08 |
| 1931 | 75 | #782 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 99 | #694 | 0.09 |
| 1929 | 100 | #701 | 0.09 |
| 1928 | 97 | #720 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 95 | #734 | 0.08 |
| 1926 | 134 | #616 | 0.11 |
| 1925 | 122 | #671 | 0.10 |
| 1924 | 139 | #636 | 0.11 |
| 1923 | 127 | #659 | 0.11 |
| 1922 | 142 | #613 | 0.12 |
| 1921 | 164 | #559 | 0.13 |
| 1920 | 169 | #549 | 0.14 |
| 1919 | 164 | #536 | 0.15 |
| 1918 | 212 | #460 | 0.18 |
| 1917 | 203 | #454 | 0.19 |
| 1916 | 208 | #437 | 0.20 |
| 1915 | 156 | #491 | 0.16 |
| 1914 | 141 | #461 | 0.19 |
| 1913 | 156 | #387 | 0.25 |
| 1912 | 118 | #435 | 0.21 |
| 1911 | 89 | #431 | 0.21 |
| 1910 | 106 | #383 | 0.27 |
| 1909 | 87 | #393 | 0.25 |
| 1908 | 105 | #352 | 0.31 |
| 1907 | 95 | #362 | 0.30 |
| 1906 | 90 | #348 | 0.30 |
| 1905 | 84 | #373 | 0.29 |
| 1904 | 74 | #382 | 0.27 |
| 1903 | 69 | #383 | 0.26 |
| 1902 | 75 | #369 | 0.28 |
| 1901 | 73 | #358 | 0.30 |
| 1900 | 91 | #354 | 0.30 |
| 1899 | 65 | #364 | 0.28 |
| 1898 | 78 | #354 | 0.30 |
| 1897 | 56 | #391 | 0.24 |
| 1896 | 67 | #355 | 0.28 |
| 1895 | 66 | #347 | 0.28 |
| 1894 | 51 | #395 | 0.23 |
| 1893 | 65 | #334 | 0.31 |
| 1892 | 52 | #372 | 0.24 |
| 1891 | 45 | #375 | 0.24 |
| 1890 | 46 | #371 | 0.24 |
| 1889 | 36 | #408 | 0.20 |
| 1888 | 49 | #344 | 0.27 |
| 1887 | 41 | #336 | 0.28 |
| 1886 | 33 | #376 | 0.23 |
| 1885 | 31 | #369 | 0.23 |
| 1884 | 25 | #403 | 0.19 |
| 1883 | 28 | #340 | 0.25 |
| 1882 | 29 | #334 | 0.27 |
| 1881 | 16 | #430 | 0.17 |
| 1880 | 16 | #429 | 0.18 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Maybelle a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Maybelle has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 119 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Maybelle: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Maybelle, and how old are they?
1,120 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 18% of the 6,366 Americans ever recorded as Maybelle. The median Maybelle alive today is 20 years old; half are between 6 and 79.
The 2020 Census counted 1,374 people named Maybelle (1,370 women and girls, 4 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,131 born in the U.S. The Census count is 21% 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 | 242 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 204 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 33 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 25 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 114 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 485 |
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 Maybelle born?
The states with the most babies named Maybelle are South Carolina, Illinois and New York, with 27% of its births recorded by state since 1910; South Carolina is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 172 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Illinois | 157 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| New York | 152 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| North Carolina | 148 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| California | 145 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 145 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Ohio | 109 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Georgia | 79 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Texas | 79 | #3,170 | 0.3× |
| Michigan | 75 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Maybelle is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Maybelle is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 1.7 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 Maybelle 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 10,259 babies since 1880, Maybelle is the most given (62% of them). In 2025 it was given to 60 of their 96 babies (63%), again the 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 Maybelle
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 Maybelle and names like it
- Compare Maybelle and MabelleBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sMaybelle peaked in 1918.
- South Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Maybelle since 1910.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Maybelle.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Maybelle alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.