Maybelle
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAY-bel
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,822 for girls
Maybelle is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “lovable”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 2,822nd for girls in the US (60 babies).
What does Maybelle mean?
Latin: variant of Mabel, from Amabel
“lovable”
Country music pioneer Maybelle Carter of the Carter Family shaped American guitar playing with her 'Carter scratch' style.
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Is Maybelle a girl's or a boy's name?
Maybelle is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 60 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maybelle in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 133% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Maybelle, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 9 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Maybelle than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Maybelle in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,661 girls in the UK were given Maybelle or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #19, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Maybelle in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
How popular is Maybelle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,822nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 60 about 1 in 27,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 60 girls in the US were named Maybelle, making it the 2,822nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,777th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 212 girls.
2025 had more girls named Maybelle than any year since 1934.
Half of all the girls named Maybelle in the US since 1880 were born between 1908 and 1932, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,682 girls in the US were given Maybelle or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #215, up from #2,822 for this spelling alone.
Maybelle in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #2,822 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,386 |
| 2023 | 51 | #3,181 |
| 2022 | 59 | #2,856 |
| 2021 | 45 | #3,434 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,777 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 34 | #4,249 |
| 2015 | 35 | #4,143 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,623 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 14 | #3,185 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 18 | #2,515 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,580 |
| 1951 | 16 | #2,576 |
| 1950 | 18 | #2,340 |
| 1949 | 17 | #2,409 |
| 1948 | 27 | #1,819 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,821 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,677 |
| 1945 | 18 | #1,992 |
| 1944 | 26 | #1,608 |
| 1943 | 42 | #1,250 |
| 1942 | 52 | #1,091 |
| 1941 | 43 | #1,133 |
| 1940 | 47 | #1,046 |
| 1939 | 48 | #1,022 |
| 1938 | 46 | #1,055 |
| 1937 | 36 | #1,196 |
| 1936 | 49 | #979 |
| 1935 | 45 | #1,031 |
| 1934 | 68 | #815 |
| 1933 | 70 | #790 |
| 1932 | 82 | #745 |
| 1931 | 75 | #777 |
| 1930 | 99 | #690 |
| 1929 | 100 | #698 |
| 1928 | 97 | #718 |
| 1927 | 95 | #734 |
| 1926 | 134 | #612 |
| 1925 | 122 | #668 |
| 1924 | 139 | #636 |
| 1923 | 127 | #658 |
| 1922 | 142 | #609 |
| 1921 | 164 | #557 |
| 1920 | 169 | #548 |
| 1919 | 164 | #534 |
| 1918 | 212 | #459 |
| 1917 | 203 | #452 |
| 1916 | 208 | #437 |
| 1915 | 156 | #491 |
| 1914 | 141 | #461 |
| 1913 | 156 | #387 |
| 1912 | 118 | #431 |
| 1911 | 89 | #430 |
| 1910 | 106 | #381 |
| 1909 | 87 | #391 |
| 1908 | 105 | #348 |
| 1907 | 95 | #361 |
| 1906 | 90 | #348 |
| 1905 | 84 | #372 |
| 1904 | 74 | #382 |
| 1903 | 69 | #381 |
| 1902 | 75 | #368 |
| 1901 | 73 | #356 |
| 1900 | 91 | #352 |
| 1899 | 65 | #361 |
| 1898 | 78 | #352 |
| 1897 | 56 | #386 |
| 1896 | 67 | #355 |
| 1895 | 66 | #346 |
| 1894 | 51 | #395 |
| 1893 | 65 | #334 |
| 1892 | 52 | #371 |
| 1891 | 45 | #372 |
| 1890 | 46 | #369 |
| 1889 | 36 | #405 |
| 1888 | 49 | #343 |
| 1887 | 41 | #332 |
| 1886 | 33 | #371 |
| 1885 | 31 | #365 |
| 1884 | 25 | #398 |
| 1883 | 28 | #336 |
| 1882 | 29 | #326 |
| 1881 | 16 | #418 |
| 1880 | 16 | #421 |
Nicknames for Maybelle
Names like Maybelle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Florence, Olive, Rosie, Lottie, Beatrice, Rose, Elsie, Millie, Winnie, Clementine, Nellie, Matilda
Other spellings of Maybelle
Names related to Maybelle
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Luna, Nora, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony, Austin
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Maybelle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maybelle, updated 20 October 2026.