Mabel
Mabel was given to 1,522 girls in 2025, #201 among girls’ names; 142,693 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 21,100 Americans named Mabel and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (15% of everyone recorded); the median is 13 years old and half are between 5 and 70.
Mabel came back: it left the girls’ top 1,000 after 1964 and returned in 2013.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mabel by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Mabel mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Mabel is “a female given name from Latin.” Its etymology gives the sense “lovable” (amābilis).
Clipping of Amabel, from Latin amābilis (“lovable”).
/ˈmeɪbl̩/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Mabel?
#201 among girls’ names, 2025
Mabel rose from #578 in 2015 to #201 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.30 to 0.95 per 1,000.
3,696 babies in 1915, the peak
Mabel peaked in 1915, when 3,696 babies were given it (3,683 girls, #62 among girls’ names). The 1,522 births of 2025 are 41% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,522 | #201 | 0.95 |
| 2024 | 1,385 | #222 | 0.85 |
| 2023 | 1,131 | #278 | 0.70 |
| 2022 | 1,027 | #310 | 0.63 |
| 2021 | 831 | #375 | 0.51 |
| 2020 | 718 | #428 | 0.44 |
| 2019 | 712 | #440 | 0.42 |
| 2018 | 727 | #439 | 0.43 |
| 2017 | 703 | #452 | 0.41 |
| 2016 | 605 | #516 | 0.34 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 529 | #578 | 0.30 |
| 2014 | 427 | #669 | 0.24 |
| 2013 | 393 | #711 | 0.22 |
| 2012 | 241 | #1,046 | 0.14 |
| 2011 | 196 | #1,227 | 0.11 |
| 2010 | 177 | #1,332 | 0.10 |
| 2009 | 147 | #1,542 | 0.08 |
| 2008 | 139 | #1,632 | 0.07 |
| 2007 | 127 | #1,718 | 0.07 |
| 2006 | 116 | #1,791 | 0.06 |
| 2005 | 106 | #1,845 | 0.06 |
| 2004 | 90 | #2,032 | 0.05 |
| 2003 | 97 | #1,890 | 0.05 |
| 2002 | 93 | #1,905 | 0.05 |
| 2001 | 83 | #2,040 | 0.05 |
| 2000 | 75 | #2,148 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 90 | #1,776 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 77 | #1,966 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,908 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 58 | #2,296 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 53 | #2,437 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 76 | #1,876 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 65 | #2,100 | 0.04 |
| 1992 | 80 | #1,808 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 75 | #1,882 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 78 | #1,835 | 0.04 |
| 1989 | 64 | #1,985 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 105 | #1,363 | 0.06 |
| 1987 | 86 | #1,505 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 72 | #1,647 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 67 | #1,721 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 75 | #1,523 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 73 | #1,547 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 75 | #1,577 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 86 | #1,428 | 0.05 |
| 1980 | 76 | #1,548 | 0.05 |
| 1979 | 70 | #1,616 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 62 | #1,698 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 64 | #1,647 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 76 | #1,402 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 68 | #1,506 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 82 | #1,308 | 0.06 |
| 1973 | 65 | #1,470 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 68 | #1,438 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 75 | #1,412 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 60 | #1,590 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 86 | #1,203 | 0.05 |
| 1968 | 71 | #1,320 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 72 | #1,277 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 84 | #1,167 | 0.05 |
| 1965 | 94 | #1,083 | 0.05 |
| 1964 | 124 | #947 | 0.07 |
| 1963 | 122 | #961 | 0.06 |
| 1962 | 126 | #948 | 0.06 |
| 1961 | 140 | #915 | 0.07 |
| 1960 | 134 | #917 | 0.07 |
| 1959 | 140 | #875 | 0.07 |
| 1958 | 132 | #889 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 175 | #754 | 0.09 |
| 1956 | 181 | #715 | 0.09 |
| 1955 | 194 | #672 | 0.10 |
| 1954 | 173 | #706 | 0.09 |
| 1953 | 197 | #635 | 0.10 |
| 1952 | 216 | #592 | 0.12 |
| 1951 | 200 | #607 | 0.11 |
| 1950 | 228 | #548 | 0.13 |
| 1949 | 253 | #513 | 0.15 |
| 1948 | 311 | #453 | 0.18 |
| 1947 | 345 | #443 | 0.19 |
| 1946 | 334 | #421 | 0.21 |
| 1945 | 344 | #379 | 0.26 |
| 1944 | 387 | #351 | 0.29 |
| 1943 | 478 | #319 | 0.34 |
| 1942 | 513 | #304 | 0.38 |
| 1941 | 507 | #285 | 0.42 |
| 1940 | 548 | #265 | 0.48 |
| 1939 | 593 | #256 | 0.54 |
| 1938 | 674 | #245 | 0.61 |
| 1937 | 697 | #233 | 0.66 |
| 1936 | 743 | #222 | 0.71 |
| 1935 | 826 | #208 | 0.79 |
| 1934 | 850 | #209 | 0.81 |
| 1933 | 875 | #196 | 0.87 |
| 1932 | 1,111 | #171 | 1.0 |
| 1931 | 1,060 | #174 | 1.0 |
| 1930 | 1,369 | #150 | 1.2 |
| 1929 | 1,516 | #147 | 1.4 |
| 1928 | 1,742 | #135 | 1.5 |
| 1927 | 1,954 | #133 | 1.6 |
| 1926 | 2,076 | #127 | 1.8 |
| 1925 | 2,292 | #118 | 1.9 |
| 1924 | 2,652 | #108 | 2.1 |
| 1923 | 2,696 | #102 | 2.2 |
| 1922 | 2,894 | #99 | 2.4 |
| 1921 | 3,336 | #85 | 2.7 |
| 1920 | 3,364 | #83 | 2.8 |
| 1919 | 3,405 | #78 | 3.0 |
| 1918 | 3,636 | #74 | 3.1 |
| 1917 | 3,499 | #68 | 3.2 |
| 1916 | 3,680 | #65 | 3.5 |
| 1915 | 3,683 | #62 | 3.7 |
| 1914 | 3,131 | #58 | 4.1 |
| 1913 | 2,741 | #56 | 4.4 |
| 1912 | 2,714 | #46 | 4.9 |
| 1911 | 2,171 | #43 | 5.2 |
| 1910 | 2,123 | #46 | 5.4 |
| 1909 | 2,007 | #41 | 5.8 |
| 1908 | 2,096 | #37 | 6.3 |
| 1907 | 2,069 | #36 | 6.5 |
| 1906 | 2,054 | #34 | 7.0 |
| 1905 | 2,178 | #29 | 7.5 |
| 1904 | 2,172 | #27 | 7.9 |
| 1903 | 2,163 | #25 | 8.3 |
| 1902 | 2,280 | #24 | 8.6 |
| 1901 | 2,097 | #24 | 8.8 |
| 1900 | 2,509 | #25 | 8.4 |
| 1899 | 2,127 | #22 | 9.1 |
| 1898 | 2,331 | #23 | 9.0 |
| 1897 | 2,222 | #22 | 9.5 |
| 1896 | 2,283 | #21 | 9.6 |
| 1895 | 2,359 | #20 | 10.1 |
| 1894 | 2,221 | #20 | 10.0 |
| 1893 | 2,191 | #21 | 10.3 |
| 1892 | 2,170 | #19 | 10.2 |
| 1891 | 2,029 | #15 | 10.9 |
| 1890 | 2,058 | #17 | 10.8 |
| 1889 | 1,947 | #16 | 10.9 |
| 1888 | 1,830 | #17 | 10.2 |
| 1887 | 1,494 | #18 | 10.2 |
| 1886 | 1,422 | #20 | 9.8 |
| 1885 | 1,349 | #20 | 10.1 |
| 1884 | 1,270 | #20 | 9.8 |
| 1883 | 1,086 | #23 | 9.7 |
| 1882 | 997 | #23 | 9.2 |
| 1881 | 893 | #23 | 9.7 |
| 1880 | 808 | #22 | 8.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Mabel a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Mabel has been given almost only to girls: 409 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Mabel: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mabel, and how old are they?
21,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 15% of the 142,693 Americans ever recorded as Mabel. The median Mabel alive today is 13 years old; half are between 5 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 23,468 people named Mabel (23,405 women and girls, 63 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 19,147 born in the U.S. The Census count is 23% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 3,300 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,790 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,090 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,150 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,880 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 10,600 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Mabel born?
The states with the most babies named Mabel are Pennsylvania, New York and North Carolina, with 19% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 6,735 | #231 | 1.0× |
| New York | 4,682 | #409 | 0.6× |
| North Carolina | 4,034 | #397 | 1.3× |
| Ohio | 3,982 | #177 | 1.0× |
| Virginia | 3,653 | #194 | 1.6× |
| Illinois | 3,574 | #185 | 0.8× |
| California | 3,409 | #268 | 0.8× |
| Kentucky | 3,252 | #210 | 1.5× |
| Texas | 3,054 | #389 | 0.6× |
| Missouri | 2,693 | #141 | 1.1× |
Where Mabel is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Mabel is most over-represented in Hawaii: since 1910 it was given 1.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Mabel with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 200,441 babies since 1880, Mabel is the most given (71% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,522 of their 1,638 babies (93%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Mabel
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Mabel and names like it
- Compare Mabel and MableBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sMabel peaked in 1915.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Mabel since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Mabel: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1915The year the most babies were named Mabel.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Mabel alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.