Mabell — girls' name
606 babies named Mabell in U.S. Social Security records since 1881, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Mabell was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Mabell in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mabell
The Social Security Administration has registered 606 babies named Mabell between 1881 and 1981, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mabell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 30 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mabell performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 190 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Mabell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 29 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Mabell in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mabell 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 606 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.
Mabell at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mabell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1881
- Peak year (1916)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 101 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
606 total births across 101 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 30 births in a single year.
Mabell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 190 births that decade — 31% of Mabell's all-time total
Mabell decade highlights
- Peak decade 190 births
- Runner-up 119 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Mabell's strongest decade
190 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Mabell by state
Where Mabell concentrates geographically — total births since 1881
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 29 | 4.8% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 27 | 4.5% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 6 | 1.0% |
29 of 606 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- South Carolina 4.8% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.5% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
South Carolina accounts for 4.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1881–1981 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.