Mable
#2,438 for girls in 2025, 73 births · Last seen for boys in 1943 at #3,231
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1905 · 562 births
- Debut · girls
- 83 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 53,251since 1880
Mable over time
Rank among girls' names. Mable has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,438 | 73 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,462 | 73 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,789 | 61 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,416 | 46 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,250 | 49 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,338 | 46 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,923 | 37 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,853 | 38 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,919 | 38 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,531 | 31 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,833 | 22 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,797 | 22 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,644 | 23 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,710 | 23 | — | |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,812 | 19 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,125 | 21 | — | |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | — | |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,983 | 31 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 | — | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | — | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | — | |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,172 | 27 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,859 | 20 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,002 | 29 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,333 | 24 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,267 | 23 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,865 | 26 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,743 | 27 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,290 | 34 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,223 | 35 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,222 | 34 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,064 | 40 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,904 | 45 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,755 | 48 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,594 | 52 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,441 | 59 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,201 | 80 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,168 | 84 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,051 | 106 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,052 | 104 | — | |
| 1962 | #925 | 131 | — | |
| 1961 | #968 | 124 | — | |
| 1960 | #817 | 162 | — | |
| 1959 | #796 | 164 | — | |
| 1958 | #704 | 196 | — | |
| 1957 | #756 | 174 | — | |
| 1956 | #608 | 248 | — | |
| 1955 | #510 | 330 | — | |
| 1954 | #568 | 247 | — | |
| 1953 | #527 | 265 | — | |
| 1952 | #469 | 323 | — | |
| 1951 | #442 | 356 | — | |
| 1950 | #425 | 356 | — | |
| 1949 | #382 | 425 | — | |
| 1948 | #389 | 419 | — | |
| 1947 | #369 | 471 | — | |
| 1946 | #348 | 474 | — | |
| 1945 | #319 | 451 | — | |
| 1944 | #325 | 436 | — | |
| 1943 | #299 | 540 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #283 | 577 | — | |
| 1941 | #277 | 539 | — | |
| 1940 | #257 | 589 | — | |
| 1939 | #248 | 639 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #249 | 641 | — | |
| 1937 | #236 | 691 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #229 | 712 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #232 | 724 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #229 | 758 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #213 | 804 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #200 | 909 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #203 | 897 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #197 | 976 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #188 | 1,060 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #180 | 1,152 | #2,387 | 12 |
| 1927 | #171 | 1,249 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | #164 | 1,389 | #2,725 | 10 |
| 1925 | #166 | 1,408 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #162 | 1,516 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #162 | 1,472 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #152 | 1,620 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #155 | 1,566 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #148 | 1,579 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #143 | 1,610 | — | |
| 1918 | #144 | 1,593 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #144 | 1,463 | — | |
| 1916 | #136 | 1,520 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #145 | 1,287 | #2,184 | 12 |
| 1914 | #137 | 1,081 | — | |
| 1913 | #134 | 907 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #125 | 919 | — | |
| 1911 | #127 | 659 | — | |
| 1910 | #121 | 679 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #120 | 586 | — | |
| 1908 | #119 | 566 | — | |
| 1907 | #117 | 569 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #123 | 510 | — | |
| 1905 | #112 | 562 | — | |
| 1904 | #121 | 485 | — | |
| 1903 | #122 | 461 | — | |
| 1902 | #119 | 478 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #121 | 425 | — | |
| 1900 | #124 | 506 | — | |
| 1899 | #137 | 339 | — | |
| 1898 | #143 | 356 | — | |
| 1897 | #130 | 371 | — | |
| 1896 | #129 | 367 | — | |
| 1895 | #138 | 331 | — | |
| 1894 | #130 | 332 | — | |
| 1893 | #141 | 294 | — | |
| 1892 | #146 | 279 | — | |
| 1891 | #132 | 268 | — | |
| 1890 | #141 | 247 | — | |
| 1889 | #146 | 231 | — | |
| 1888 | #151 | 209 | — | |
| 1887 | #142 | 182 | — | |
| 1886 | #139 | 187 | — | |
| 1885 | #136 | 180 | — | |
| 1884 | #152 | 139 | — | |
| 1883 | #150 | 120 | — | |
| 1882 | #142 | 125 | — | |
| 1881 | #153 | 88 | — | |
| 1880 | #156 | 83 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Mable was already there! It came in at #156, and was given to 83 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1994, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
Where Mable is popular in 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#59 · 1 in 239
- Louisiana#71 · 1 in 268
- Tennessee#75 · 1 in 316
- Alabama#82 · 1 in 328
- South Carolina#97 · 1 in 378
Best ever in a state: #50 in Mississippi, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #59 | 161 | 1 in 239 |
| Louisiana | #71 | 89 | 1 in 268 |
| Tennessee | #75 | 86 | 1 in 316 |
| Alabama | #82 | 99 | 1 in 328 |
| South Carolina | #97 | 58 | 1 in 378 |
| Kentucky | #98 | 69 | 1 in 413 |
| Mississippi | #99 | 60 | 1 in 395 |
| Arkansas | #100 | 50 | 1 in 413 |
| Georgia | #105 | 74 | 1 in 429 |
| Florida | #116 | 34 | 1 in 492 |
| Virginia | #120 | 52 | 1 in 501 |
| West Virginia | #127 | 38 | 1 in 525 |
| Indiana | #129 | 40 | 1 in 653 |
| Maryland | #138 | 18 | 1 in 752 |
| Oklahoma | #145 | 40 | 1 in 625 |
| Texas | #148 | 94 | 1 in 636 |
| Kansas | #149 | 20 | 1 in 765 |
| Missouri | #150 | 43 | 1 in 704 |
| Colorado | #160 | 11 | 1 in 754 |
| Oregon | #169 | 6 | 1 in 937 |
| South Dakota | #196 | 5 | 1 in 1,179 |
| Ohio | #204 | 34 | 1 in 1,598 |
| Michigan | #207 | 26 | 1 in 1,575 |
| Iowa | #209 | 14 | 1 in 1,420 |
| Pennsylvania | #219 | 45 | 1 in 2,033 |
| Nebraska | #225 | 8 | 1 in 1,414 |
| Illinois | #232 | 33 | 1 in 1,804 |
| New Jersey | #317 | 7 | 1 in 4,354 |
| Wisconsin | #352 | 5 | 1 in 4,745 |
| California | #370 | 12 | 1 in 3,011 |
| Minnesota | #376 | 5 | 1 in 4,337 |
| New York | #397 | 17 | 1 in 5,798 |
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| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Mable
- 24 spots since 2024 (#2,462 → #2,438)
- 900 spots since 2020 (#3,338 → #2,438)
- 3,395 spots since 2015 (#5,833 → #2,438)
- Biggest jump: 58 spots in 1955 (#568 → #510)
- Biggest drop: 151 spots in 1961 (#817 → #968)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1905 at #112 (562 births)
- Births halved by 1953, 48 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1880–1962
- Highest: 1 in 519 girls born in 1905 were named Mable (0.19%)
- Latest: 1 in 22,017 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 26.3% of all girls named Mable (14,011) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,544 | #136 (1885) | #147 |
| 1890s | 3,184 | #129 (1896) | #137 |
| 1900s | 5,148 | #112 (1905) | #120 |
| 1910s | 11,718 | #121 (1910) | #136 |
| 1920s | 14,011 | #148 (1920) | #165 |
| 1930s | 7,751 | #197 (1930) | #224 |
| 1940s | 4,921 | #257 (1940) | #325 |
| 1950s | 2,659 | #425 (1950) | #581 |
| 1960s | 950 | #817 (1960) | #1,197 |
| 1970s | 308 | #1,904 (1970) | #2,655 |
| 1980s | 185 | #3,002 (1980) | #4,585 |
| 1990s | 106 | #6,191 (1999) | #8,222 |
| 2000s | 157 | #3,983 (2000) | #7,964 |
| 2010s | 261 | #3,853 (2018) | #5,680 |
| 2020s | 348 | #2,438 (2025) | #2,949 |
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.
Mable in 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 853 of them was named Mable, which outranked 97.1% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #161Ada1,462
- #162Lola1,440
- #163Madeline1,397
- #164Mable1,389
- #164Rachel1,389
- #166Bette1,381
- #167Mamie1,367
- #168Flora1,366
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 111,051 of them was named Mable, which outranked 43.7% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,566Ysabel11
- #2,566Ysidro11
- #2,566Zollie11
- #2,725Mable10
- #2,725Abran10
- #2,725Agustus10
- #2,725Aloysuis10
- #2,904Abbie9
- #2,904Abie9
- #2,904Abron9
Tied with 178 names at #2,725; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.