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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201932peak #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 1932

girls
#171
1,111 births · 1 in 961 girls
boys
#3,361
6 births · 1 in 174,026 boys

Top girls' names in 1932

  1. #1Mary59,883
  2. #2Betty34,420
  3. #3Barbara26,318
  4. #4Dorothy24,974
  5. #5Joan21,044
  6. #6Patricia17,992
  7. #7Margaret16,556
  8. #8Helen16,376
  9. #9Shirley14,476
  10. #10Doris12,910
  11. #171Mabel1,111

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #3,361Mabel6
More about 1932

girls

1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 961 of them was named Mabel, which outranked 96.6% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mabel
  1. #168Emily1,147
  2. #169Cora1,136
  3. #170Charlene1,123
  4. #171Mabel1,111
  5. #172Hilda1,105
  6. #173Rosalie1,104
  7. #174Caroline1,103
Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 963Dian#1,876#913
  2. 519Carleen#1,394#875
  3. 357Jimmy#1,336#979
  4. 347Letty#1,287#940
  5. 340Letitia#1,148#808
Fallers
  1. 350Blossom#970#1,320
  2. 332Luetta#844#1,176
  3. 305Roy#887#1,192
  4. 289Sofia#887#1,176
  5. 282Joretta#463#745

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

boys

1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 174,026 of them was named Mabel, which outranked 21.5% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mabel
  1. #3,092Yasuo7
  2. #3,092Yates7
  3. #3,092Ysabel7
  4. #3,361Mabel6
  5. #3,361Able6
  6. #3,361Acencion6
  7. #3,361Achille6
  8. #3,776Abdon5
  9. #3,776Adel5
  10. #3,776Adelino5

Tied with 414 names at #3,361; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 2,418Delano#3,095#677
  2. 969Garner#1,643#674
  3. 868Ronny#1,770#902
  4. 713Darryl#1,693#980
  5. 609Marc#1,589#980
Fallers
  1. 467Jones#959#1,426
  2. 455Hamilton#831#1,286
  3. 393Hyman#697#1,090
  4. 373Davey#983#1,356
  5. 341Hayes#983#1,324

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

See the top 100 for 1932