Given name
Maribeth
“star of the sea”·“from the sea of bitterness”
Maribeth is a variant of Mary. Interpretations include “star of the sea” and “from the sea of bitterness”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maribeth is a variant of Mary. Interpretations include “star of the sea” and “from the sea of bitterness”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maribeth through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,098
- 0 boys · 6,098 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 216 babies
- 2025
- 18
- #6,469 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +24%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 18 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,469 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 24.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 216 in 1957. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,019 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maribeth’s family of names
Maribeth has a related form in Mary. In English usage, Maribeth has a related form in Marybeth. In English usage, Maribeth has a related form in Marybeth.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Maribeth
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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