Girls' name · since 1915
Maybeth
Since 1915, U.S. Social Security records show 49 babies named Maybeth, peaking in 1919. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 49
- total births
- 1915–1947
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
Maybeth sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 49 recorded since 1915.
Maybeth has 49 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1947.
- 49 total births
- 1915–1947 years on record
- 1920s peak decade
- 55% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Maybeth's 49 recorded births place it above 51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maybeth's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Maybeth's SSA record in two at 1921 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1915, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1919 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Maybeth popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1947
- Peak year (1919)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Maybeth by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1920s was Maybeth's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Maybeth births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
17 births
- 1920s
1920s
27 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 27 births (55% of all-time use).
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1915–1947 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Maybeth: Baby Name Since 1915 - 49 Births, Peak 1919." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/maybeth. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Maybeth 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 July 2026.