Mable
Mable was given to 73 girls in 2025, #2,450 among girls’ names; 53,466 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 8,810 Americans named Mable and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (17% of everyone recorded); the median is 77 years old and half are between 67 and 85.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mable by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Mable mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Mable is “a female given name from Latin, variant of Mabel.”
Variant of Mabel.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Mable?
#2,450 among girls’ names, 2025
Mable rose from #5,948 in 2015 to #2,450 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 12.3 to 45.4 per million.
1,629 babies in 1922, the peak
Mable peaked in 1922, when 1,629 babies were given it (1,620 girls, #152 among girls’ names). The 73 births of 2025 are 4% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73 | #2,450 | 0.05 |
| 2024 | 73 | #2,478 | 0.05 |
| 2023 | 61 | #2,806 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 46 | #3,451 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 49 | #3,280 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,371 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,971 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,895 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,961 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,595 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 22 | #5,948 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,911 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,755 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,815 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,869 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,386 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,292 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,264 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,987 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,263 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 12 | #9,207 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,631 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 7 | #13,273 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 11 | #9,221 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,519 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 31 | #4,035 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,365 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,718 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,488 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,392 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,879 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 6 | #12,742 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,432 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,890 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,862 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,640 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 11 | #7,255 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 13 | #6,122 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 21 | #4,069 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,409 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 20 | #4,076 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,877 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,207 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,221 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,946 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,040 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 24 | #3,401 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,710 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,331 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 26 | #2,907 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 27 | #2,779 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,325 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 35 | #2,251 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 34 | #2,255 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 40 | #2,086 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 45 | #1,922 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 48 | #1,771 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 52 | #1,601 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 59 | #1,450 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 80 | #1,205 | 0.05 |
| 1965 | 84 | #1,175 | 0.05 |
| 1964 | 106 | #1,055 | 0.06 |
| 1963 | 104 | #1,055 | 0.05 |
| 1962 | 131 | #928 | 0.07 |
| 1961 | 124 | #969 | 0.06 |
| 1960 | 162 | #819 | 0.08 |
| 1959 | 164 | #799 | 0.08 |
| 1958 | 196 | #704 | 0.10 |
| 1957 | 174 | #755 | 0.09 |
| 1956 | 248 | #608 | 0.12 |
| 1955 | 330 | #510 | 0.17 |
| 1954 | 247 | #568 | 0.13 |
| 1953 | 265 | #527 | 0.14 |
| 1952 | 323 | #468 | 0.17 |
| 1951 | 356 | #441 | 0.20 |
| 1950 | 356 | #425 | 0.21 |
| 1949 | 425 | #381 | 0.25 |
| 1948 | 419 | #389 | 0.25 |
| 1947 | 471 | #369 | 0.27 |
| 1946 | 474 | #348 | 0.30 |
| 1945 | 451 | #319 | 0.35 |
| 1944 | 436 | #325 | 0.33 |
| 1943 | 540 | #299 | 0.39 |
| 1942 | 577 | #283 | 0.43 |
| 1941 | 539 | #277 | 0.45 |
| 1940 | 589 | #257 | 0.52 |
| 1939 | 639 | #248 | 0.58 |
| 1938 | 641 | #249 | 0.58 |
| 1937 | 691 | #236 | 0.65 |
| 1936 | 712 | #229 | 0.68 |
| 1935 | 724 | #232 | 0.69 |
| 1934 | 758 | #229 | 0.73 |
| 1933 | 804 | #213 | 0.80 |
| 1932 | 909 | #200 | 0.85 |
| 1931 | 897 | #203 | 0.84 |
| 1930 | 976 | #198 | 0.87 |
| 1929 | 1,060 | #188 | 0.95 |
| 1928 | 1,152 | #180 | 1.0 |
| 1927 | 1,249 | #171 | 1.0 |
| 1926 | 1,389 | #164 | 1.2 |
| 1925 | 1,408 | #166 | 1.2 |
| 1924 | 1,516 | #162 | 1.2 |
| 1923 | 1,472 | #162 | 1.2 |
| 1922 | 1,620 | #152 | 1.3 |
| 1921 | 1,566 | #155 | 1.3 |
| 1920 | 1,579 | #148 | 1.3 |
| 1919 | 1,610 | #143 | 1.4 |
| 1918 | 1,593 | #144 | 1.4 |
| 1917 | 1,463 | #144 | 1.4 |
| 1916 | 1,520 | #136 | 1.5 |
| 1915 | 1,287 | #145 | 1.3 |
| 1914 | 1,081 | #137 | 1.4 |
| 1913 | 907 | #134 | 1.5 |
| 1912 | 919 | #125 | 1.6 |
| 1911 | 659 | #127 | 1.6 |
| 1910 | 679 | #121 | 1.7 |
| 1909 | 586 | #120 | 1.7 |
| 1908 | 566 | #120 | 1.7 |
| 1907 | 569 | #117 | 1.8 |
| 1906 | 510 | #123 | 1.7 |
| 1905 | 562 | #112 | 1.9 |
| 1904 | 485 | #121 | 1.8 |
| 1903 | 461 | #122 | 1.8 |
| 1902 | 478 | #119 | 1.8 |
| 1901 | 425 | #121 | 1.8 |
| 1900 | 506 | #124 | 1.7 |
| 1899 | 339 | #137 | 1.5 |
| 1898 | 356 | #143 | 1.4 |
| 1897 | 371 | #131 | 1.6 |
| 1896 | 367 | #130 | 1.5 |
| 1895 | 331 | #138 | 1.4 |
| 1894 | 332 | #130 | 1.5 |
| 1893 | 294 | #141 | 1.4 |
| 1892 | 279 | #146 | 1.3 |
| 1891 | 268 | #132 | 1.4 |
| 1890 | 247 | #141 | 1.3 |
| 1889 | 231 | #146 | 1.3 |
| 1888 | 209 | #151 | 1.2 |
| 1887 | 182 | #142 | 1.2 |
| 1886 | 187 | #139 | 1.3 |
| 1885 | 180 | #136 | 1.4 |
| 1884 | 139 | #152 | 1.1 |
| 1883 | 120 | #152 | 1.1 |
| 1882 | 125 | #143 | 1.2 |
| 1881 | 88 | #154 | 1.0 |
| 1880 | 83 | #157 | 0.91 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Mable a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Mable has been given almost only to girls: 215 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Mable: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mable, and how old are they?
8,810 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 17% of the 53,466 Americans ever recorded as Mable. The median Mable alive today is 77 years old; half are between 67 and 85.
The 2020 Census counted 9,306 people named Mable (9,277 women and girls, 29 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 12,133 born in the U.S. The Census count is 23% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 3,290 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,760 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 606 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 222 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 237 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 556 |
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 Mable born?
The states with the most babies named Mable are North Carolina, Texas and Alabama, with 23% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 4,020 | not ranked | 2.6× |
| Texas | 2,774 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Alabama | 2,615 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Louisiana | 2,569 | not ranked | 2.7× |
| Mississippi | 2,439 | not ranked | 2.6× |
| Tennessee | 2,351 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Georgia | 2,170 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Virginia | 2,106 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Kentucky | 1,854 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Arkansas | 1,831 | not ranked | 2.3× |
Where Mable is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Mable is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 2.7 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 Mable 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 3 names spelled alike, given to 56,141 babies since 1880, Mable is the most given (95% of them). In 2025 it was given to 73 of their 95 babies (77%), 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 Mable
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 Mable and names like it
- Compare Mable and MabelleBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sMable peaked in 1922.
- North Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Mable since 1910.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Mable.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Mable alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.