Mabel

#201 for girls in 2025, 1,522 births · Last seen for boys in 1940 at #3,459
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1891 · 2,029 births
Debut · girls
808 births
In top 100 · girls
43 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
142,284
since 1880

Mabel over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201910peak #15, 1891girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2011,522
2024#2221,385
2023#2781,131
2022#3101,027
2021#375831
2020#428718
2019#440712
2018#439727
2017#451703
2016#515605
2015#578529
2014#668427
2013#711393
2012#1,044241
2011#1,224196
2010#1,328177
2009#1,538147
2008#1,631139
2007#1,713127
2006#1,788116
2005#1,838106
2004#2,03090
2003#1,88597
2002#1,89793
2001#2,03583
2000#2,14175
1999#1,77090
1998#1,95877
1997#2,87442
1996#2,28258
1995#2,42153
1994#1,86276
1993#2,09065
1992#1,79880
1991#1,87775
1990#1,82878
1989#1,98164
1988#1,354105
1987#1,49886
1986#1,63872
1985#1,71067
1984#1,51175
1983#1,53173
1982#1,56675
1981#1,42386
1980#1,54276
1979#1,60570
1978#1,69062
1977#1,63764
1976#1,39776
1975#1,49868
1974#1,30082
1973#1,45865
1972#1,43268
1971#1,40575
1970#1,58460
1969#1,20186
1968#1,31171
1967#1,26972
1966#1,16184
1965#1,07994
1964#945124
1963#959122
1962#945126
1961#914140
1960#915134
1959#871140
1958#888132
1957#754175
1956#715181
1955#672194
1954#706173
1953#636197
1952#592216
1951#608200
1950#547228
1949#514253
1948#453311
1947#443345
1946#421334
1945#379344
1944#351387
1943#319478
1942#304513
1941#285507
1940#265548#3,4595
1939#256593
1938#245674
1937#233697#3,5185
1936#221743
1935#208826
1934#209850#3,2776
1933#196875#3,0047
1932#1711,111#3,3616
1931#1741,060#3,3906
1930#1501,369#2,7819
1929#1471,516#2,7669
1928#1351,742#3,3577
1927#1331,954#4,2105
1926#1272,076#3,1398
1925#1182,292#3,1558
1924#1082,652#4,3475
1923#1022,696#3,4677
1922#992,894#3,8726
1921#853,336#4,3225
1920#833,364#2,9679
1919#783,405#3,3917
1918#743,636#2,8829
1917#683,499#1,81517
1916#653,680#3,5166
1915#623,683#2,07013
1914#583,131#1,86812
1913#562,741#2,0928
1912#462,714#1,22315
1911#432,171#1,11710
1910#452,123#1,04510
1909#412,007#89311
1908#372,096#77912
1907#362,069#81511
1906#342,054#79810
1905#292,178#1,0027
1904#272,172#68612
1903#252,163#8468
1902#242,280#65112
1901#232,097#59612
1900#252,509#9688
1899#222,127#9286
1898#232,331#8857
1897#222,222#68110
1896#212,283
1895#202,359
1894#202,221#9546
1893#212,191#65010
1892#192,170
1891#152,029#7008
1890#172,058#7398
1889#161,947#7897
1888#171,830
1887#181,494#9215
1886#201,422#8456
1885#201,349#7657
1884#201,270
1883#231,086#7996
1882#23997
1881#23893
1880#22808
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Mabel was already there! It came in at #22, and was given to 808 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1995–1997, when fewer than 59 girls a year got the name.

See more about Mabel
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 21 spots since 2024 (#222#201)
  • 227 spots since 2020 (#428#201)
  • 377 spots since 2015 (#578#201)
  • Biggest jump: 333 spots in 2013 (#1,044#711)
  • Biggest drop: 134 spots in 1958 (#754#888)
Rise & fade · girls
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1891 at #15 (2,029 births)
  • Births halved by 1933, 42 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 43 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 43 yrs · run 1880–1922
  • Top 1,000: 98 yrs · run 1880–1964
Share of babies · girls
1 in 91
  • Highest: 1 in 91 girls born in 1891 were named Mabel (1.1%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,056 girls born in 2025 (0.09%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 21.6% of all girls named Mabel (30,783) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #15 (1891) → #2,874 (1997) → #201 (2025)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s13,096#16 (1889)#20
1890s21,991#15 (1891)#20
1900s21,625#23 (1901)#30
1910s30,783#43 (1911)#60
1920s24,522#83 (1920)#114
1930s8,798#150 (1930)#206
1940s4,020#265 (1940)#373
1950s1,836#547 (1950)#699
1960s1,053#914 (1961)#1,070
1970s690#1,300 (1974)#1,501
1980s779#1,354 (1988)#1,575
1990s694#1,770 (1999)#2,076
2000s1,073#1,538 (2009)#1,850
2010s4,710#439 (2018)#740
2020s6,614#201 (2025)#302

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mabel in 1910

girls
#45
2,123 births · 1 in 187 girls
boys
#1,045
10 births · 1 in 19,421 boys

Top girls' names in 1910

  1. #1Mary22,848
  2. #2Helen10,479
  3. #3Margaret8,226
  4. #4Dorothy7,318
  5. #5Ruth7,212
  6. #6Anna6,436
  7. #7Elizabeth5,800
  8. #8Mildred5,692
  9. #9Marie4,790
  10. #10Alice4,671
  11. #45Mabel2,123

Top boys' names in 1910

  1. #1John11,450
  2. #2James9,194
  3. #3William8,844
  4. #4Robert5,609
  5. #5George5,441
  6. #6Joseph5,228
  7. #7Charles4,784
  8. #8Frank3,768
  9. #9Edward3,407
  10. #10Henry2,899
  11. #1,045Mabel10
More about 1910

girls

396,503 girls got a published name in 1910; 1 in 187 of them was named Mabel, which outranked 98.4% of the 2,790 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mabel
  1. #42Pauline2,153
  2. #43Myrtle2,145
  3. #44Elsie2,141
  4. #45Mabel2,123
  5. #45Eva2,123
  6. #47Ida2,107
  7. #48Viola2,090
  8. #49Julia2,074

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. 960Alys#1,957#997
  2. 849Lannie#1,763#914
  3. 766Luz#1,763#997
  4. 762Vivien#1,607#845
  5. 693Buna#1,607#914
Fallers
  1. 864Earl#909#1,773
  2. 864Fleta#909#1,773
  3. 783Elba#990#1,773
  4. 644Odile#990#1,634
  5. 576Claribel#845#1,421

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

194,208 boys got a published name in 1910; 1 in 19,421 of them was named Mabel, which outranked 43.2% of the 1,839 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mabel
  1. #981Wheeler11
  2. #981Whitney11
  3. #981Winford11
  4. #1,045Mabel10
  5. #1,045Alvis10
  6. #1,045Bailey10
  7. #1,045Ballard10
  8. #1,118Acie9
  9. #1,118Alma9
  10. #1,118Arlin9

Tied with 72 names at #1,045; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. 711Emma#1,440#729
  2. 679Arturo#1,277#598
  3. 679Sammy#1,277#598
  4. 658Tracy#1,440#782
  5. 623Issac#1,277#654
Fallers
  1. 833Hadley#756#1,589
  2. 785Cedric#804#1,589
  3. 707Waymon#714#1,421
  4. 696Hughie#893#1,589
  5. 696Maceo#893#1,589

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1910