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

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Peak · girls
1905 · 562 births
Debut · girls
83 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
53,251
since 1880

Mable over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Mable has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #112, 1905girls
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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#2,43873
2024#2,46273
2023#2,78961
2022#3,41646
2021#3,25049
2020#3,33846
2019#3,92337
2018#3,85338
2017#3,91938
2016#4,53131
2015#5,83322
2014#5,79722
2013#5,64423
2012#5,71023
2011#10,37410
2010#7,21717
2009#8,05815
2008#7,07318
2007#6,81219
2006#6,12521
2005#8,88312
2004#9,26411
2003#12,4087
2002#8,83711
2001#8,19612
2000#3,98331
1999#6,19116
1998#10,1228
1997#9,0179
1996#7,13012
1995#6,64113
1994#11,7786
1993#8,05210
1992#6,65213
1991#9,3368
1990#7,30311
1989#6,95511
1988#5,89513
1987#3,98321
1986#6,15611
1985#3,98320
1984#4,73715
1983#4,10918
1982#3,17227
1981#3,85920
1980#3,00229
1979#3,33324
1978#3,63720
1977#3,26723
1976#2,86526
1975#2,74327
1974#2,29034
1973#2,22335
1972#2,22234
1971#2,06440
1970#1,90445
1969#1,75548
1968#1,59452
1967#1,44159
1966#1,20180
1965#1,16884
1964#1,051106
1963#1,052104
1962#925131
1961#968124
1960#817162
1959#796164
1958#704196
1957#756174
1956#608248
1955#510330
1954#568247
1953#527265
1952#469323
1951#442356
1950#425356
1949#382425
1948#389419
1947#369471
1946#348474
1945#319451
1944#325436
1943#299540#3,2316
1942#283577
1941#277539
1940#257589
1939#248639#2,8297
1938#249641
1937#236691#2,6808
1936#229712#2,8547
1935#232724#3,2526
1934#229758#2,7428
1933#213804#3,0047
1932#200909#2,6389
1931#203897#2,47110
1930#197976#2,17813
1929#1881,060#2,7669
1928#1801,152#2,38712
1927#1711,249#2,9129
1926#1641,389#2,72510
1925#1661,408#3,4087
1924#1621,516#4,3475
1923#1621,472#3,4677
1922#1521,620#3,0149
1921#1551,566#3,5177
1920#1481,579#2,76510
1919#1431,610
1918#1441,593#2,8829
1917#1441,463
1916#1361,520#3,1777
1915#1451,287#2,18412
1914#1371,081
1913#134907#2,4966
1912#125919
1911#127659
1910#121679#1,5895
1909#120586
1908#119566
1907#117569#1,3455
1906#123510
1905#112562
1904#121485
1903#122461
1902#119478#1,1375
1901#121425
1900#124506
1899#137339
1898#143356
1897#130371
1896#129367
1895#138331
1894#130332
1893#141294
1892#146279
1891#132268
1890#141247
1889#146231
1888#151209
1887#142182
1886#139187
1885#136180
1884#152139
1883#150120
1882#142125
1881#15388
1880#15683
First appearance
1880

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.

See more about Mable
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1905 at #112 (562 births)
  • Births halved by 1953, 48 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 83 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1880–1962
Share of babies · girls
1 in 519
  • Highest: 1 in 519 girls born in 1905 were named Mable (0.19%)
  • Latest: 1 in 22,017 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 26.3% of all girls named Mable (14,011) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,544#136 (1885)#147
1890s3,184#129 (1896)#137
1900s5,148#112 (1905)#120
1910s11,718#121 (1910)#136
1920s14,011#148 (1920)#165
1930s7,751#197 (1930)#224
1940s4,921#257 (1940)#325
1950s2,659#425 (1950)#581
1960s950#817 (1960)#1,197
1970s308#1,904 (1970)#2,655
1980s185#3,002 (1980)#4,585
1990s106#6,191 (1999)#8,222
2000s157#3,983 (2000)#7,964
2010s261#3,853 (2018)#5,680
2020s348#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 1930

girls
#197
976 births · 1 in 1,154 girls
boys
#2,178
13 births · 1 in 84,414 boys

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #197Mable976

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #2,178Mable13
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 1,154 of them was named Mable, which outranked 96.2% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mable
  1. #194Teresa992
  2. #195Charlene987
  3. #195Jeannette987
  4. #197Mable976
  5. #197Antoinette976
  6. #199Ernestine959
  7. #199Gwendolyn959
  8. #201Colleen946

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

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 701Claudette#1,642#941
  2. 583Ardeth#1,212#629
  3. 445Julianne#1,339#894
  4. 376Sonja#1,223#847
  5. 374Armida#1,174#800
Fallers
  1. 348Ingrid#941#1,289
  2. 315Coralie#895#1,210
  3. 229Elenor#981#1,210
  4. 229Mammie#981#1,210
  5. 226Sibyl#902#1,128

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

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 84,414 of them was named Mable, which outranked 52.0% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mable
  1. #2,079Wilhelm14
  2. #2,079Wm14
  3. #2,079Wright14
  4. #2,178Mable13
  5. #2,178Aime13
  6. #2,178Alban13
  7. #2,178Albertus13
  8. #2,293Abelino12
  9. #2,293Abundio12
  10. #2,293Ace12

Tied with 114 names at #2,178; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 3,094Derl#3,959#865
  2. 420Clive#1,378#958
  3. 380Farris#1,272#892
  4. 368Earlie#1,296#928
  5. 357Winton#1,272#915
Fallers
  1. 486Americo#729#1,215
  2. 433Enrico#995#1,428
  3. 371Eliseo#844#1,215
  4. 312Meyer#878#1,190
  5. 304Hilbert#869#1,173

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

See the top 100 for 1930