How rare is the name Maribeth?

6,019 people in the United States have the first name Maribeth, about 1 in 50,180. It ranks #3,451 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MARIBETH

#3,451

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,019
About
1 in 50,180
This common or more
82.4%
Who bears it

Of the 6,019 people named Maribeth, 82.4% reported their origin as White, 12.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Maribeth peaked in 1957, when 216 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19162025
Peak year
1957
Births that year
216
In 2025*
18 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,098 babies have been given the name since 1916. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Maribeth by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,295. The largest share of babies named Maribeth, 47.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#8,67317
1920s#6,20476
1930s#3,781146
1940s#1,765661
1950s#1,2951,666
1960s#1,3941,585
1970s#2,591617
1980s#3,085583
1990s#5,811318
2000s#10,189197
2010s#13,313143
2020s#12,57889
Greatest Generation 1901–271.2%
Silent Generation 1928–458%
Baby boom 1946–6447.9%
Generation X 1965–8022.3%
Millennials 1981–9612.4%
Generation Z 1997–125.4%
2013 and later2.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Maribeth is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Maribeth has been most common in Illinois (3.8×), Wisconsin (2.9×), and Ohio (2.7×), and least common in Texas (0.19×).

3,420 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Maribeth

1 other first name also has 6,019 people.

#3,451 Murphy · 6,019

Either side of Maribeth

#3,449 Tre · 6,026#3,450 Cris · 6,025#3,451 Murphy · 6,019#3,453 Imran · 6,017

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Maribeth, most common first.

#1,597 Marybeth · 20,059#35,436 Marabeth · 227#45,015 Marbeth · 152

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