Maybelle
Feminine · “lovable”
Maybelle is Mabel respelled to look like May and Belle — and Mabel is Latin for lovable, worn down from amabilis by centuries of English speech.
How old is the name Maybelle?
Maybelle was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Maybelle alive today was born around 1919, making them about 106 years old. About 1,200 people named Maybelle are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Maybelle most popular?
Maybelle peaked in 1882, reaching #326 nationally. Today it ranks #2822, 2,496 places below that high. See the whole 1882 chart.
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Where it comes from
From amabilis to Maybelle
The story of Maybelle
Amabilis was a medieval name that English wore down to Mabel, common through the Middle Ages and revived by Victorian novelists. American families of the nineteenth century respelled it as Maybelle and Maybell, reading the two syllables as separate names. Maybelle peaked in American records around 1918.
Meaning
lovable
Through Mabel, from the Latin amabilis, 'lovable' — the same root as amiable and amateur. Medieval English dropped the first syllable. The Maybelle spelling reinterprets the name as May plus Belle, which is a reasonable reading but not the origin.
How the name formed
- amabilis
- Mabel
- Maybelle
Related forms: Mabel · Maybell · Amable
Pronouncing Maybelle
MAY-bel
Two syllables, stress on the first. Maybelle, Maybell and Mabel are said identically.
Nicknames for Maybelle
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 1916208 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #326reached in 1882
- Change vs 2023
- +17.6%60 in 2025, from 51
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Maybelle in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Mabel in English — related form
- Maybell in English — spelling variant
- Amable in French — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Illinois.
Maybelles among us
people named Maybelle are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 26,788 born in 2025 was named Maybelle
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Maybelle sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Maybelle is headed
Maybelle should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Maybelle beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Maybelle in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The lovable meaning is transparent and undisputed.
- May and Belle are two short forms, both of them names in their own right.
- The respelling makes both halves legible, which the original does not.
- Mabel is the historically correct form and is fully current again.
- The May-plus-Belle reading is a reinterpretation rather than the origin.
- It is strongly period-coded to the early twentieth century.
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Frequently asked
- How many Maybelles are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Maybelle are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Maybelle in 2025?
- Maybelle ranks #2822 among US girl names in 2025, with 60 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Maybelle?
- About 1 in every 26,788 US girls born in 2025 was named Maybelle — 60 in all.
- Will my child share the name Maybelle with classmates?
- Maybelle will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Maybelle
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