Mabel Girl
How popular is Mabel?
#201 girl name in 2025
1,522 baby girls were named Mabel in the US in 2025, making it the 201st most popular girl name.
Mabel popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #201 for girls (▲ 21 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,522 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+188% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #578 in 2015, #428 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1915 (3,683 girls) |
| Highest rank | #15 in 1891 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Mabel counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mabel family of names ranked #207 for girls in 2025 (#226 the year before), with 1,624 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Mabel is most popular
Babies named Mabel per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maine: 3.6 per 1,000 (55 girls)
- Alaska: 3.1 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Montana: 3.0 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- New Hampshire: 2.7 per 1,000 (49 girls)
- Vermont: 2.5 per 1,000 (12 girls)
Mabel by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 13,096 | #16 |
| 1890s | 21,991 | #15 |
| 1900s | 21,625 | #23 |
| 1910s | 30,783 | #43 |
| 1920s | 24,522 | #83 |
| 1930s | 8,798 | #150 |
| 1940s | 4,020 | #265 |
| 1950s | 1,836 | #546 |
| 1960s | 1,053 | #914 |
| 1970s | 690 | #1,300 |
| 1980s | 779 | #1,353 |
| 1990s | 694 | #1,767 |
| 2000s | 1,073 | #1,538 |
| 2010s | 4,710 | #439 |
| 2020s | 6,614 | #201 |
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Questions
- Is Mabel a boy or girl name?
- Mabel is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Mabel were girls.
- How popular is the name Mabel?
- 1,522 baby girls were named Mabel in the US in 2025, making it the 201st most popular girl name.
- When was Mabel most popular?
- Mabel peaked in 1915, when 3,683 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #15 in 1891.
- How many people are named Mabel?
- 142,693 babies have been named Mabel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 22,678 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Mabel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Mabel was most common in Maine, at 3.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.