Mabel — #222 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Mabel

The Social Security Administration has registered 140,754 babies named Mabel between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mabel currently holds the #222 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 3,683 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mabel performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 30,783 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Mabel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 6,685 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Mabel in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mabel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 140,754 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.