How Many People Are Named Marybeth?

8,809

people named Marybeth are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 38,799 people in the US has this name

Based on 10,260 babies named Marybeth in Social Security records from 1909 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,663

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,475

See the top 100

Peak Year

1961

488 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: mer-ee-BETH, mar-ee-BETH
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Combination of MARY and BETH.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Marybeth in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Marybeth alive today is about 54 years old, and 49% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 44 and 65 in 2025.

Under 30 833
9.5%
30 to 59 3,624
41.1%
60 and over 4,352
49.4%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Marybeth first appears in the records in 1909 and was given most often in 1961, to 488 babies. In 2025, 20 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1909 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Marybeth has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #442, in 1962. In 2025 it ranked #6,044.

Girls
Rank in 2025#6,044
Best rank#442 (1962)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#492 in the 1960s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Marybeth alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Marybeth were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,511 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Marybeth was given 4 times as often in Massachusetts, 3.7 times in New Jersey and 3.5 times in Connecticut.

New York 1,511
Pennsylvania 1,089
New Jersey 699
Massachusetts 699
Illinois 496
Ohio 397
Michigan 335
Connecticut 269
California 238
Wisconsin 180
Minnesota 74
Indiana 54
Maryland 48
Texas 40
Florida 34
Missouri 32
Rhode Island 31
Virginia 15
Tennessee 11
Georgia 10
Iowa 9
North Carolina 5
Delaware 4

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