Meaning not yet researched.
Mabel: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,522 in 2025. Its best rank was #15 in 1891.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #15 in 1891; #201 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Mabel in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#201 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1891, at #15.
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Mabel: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,522 girls in 2025. Peak: #15 in 1891 · most girls in one year: 3,683 (1915).
In 2025, 1,522 US girls were named Mabel, making it the 201st most common girls’ name of the year, up 21 places from #222 in 2024. That is 137 more than the 1,385 girls named Mabel in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #15, reached in 1891. The most girls given the name in a single year was 3,683, in 1915. For comparison, it was #578 in 2015 and #549 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Mabel in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 808 babies with the name. In all, 142,693 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1910s, with 30,890 babies named Mabel.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 9,361 US girls were named Mabel; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 1,522. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,056 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Mabel ranked highest in Maine in 2025, at #53 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 12 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Mable (53,466 babies since 1880), Mabelle (2,608 babies since 1880) and Maybell (2,207 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Maebell, Mabell and Maybel are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Amabel and Mehitabel.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Maebell (823), Mabell (606), Maybel (380), Maebel (266), Mabil (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 6 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 16 | #53 | #205 |
| Utah | 57 | #65 | #233 |
| Minnesota | 68 | #68 | #211 |
| Oregon | 42 | #68 | #234 |
| Alaska | 8 | #81 | — |
| Montana | 11 | #85 | — |
| New Hampshire | 14 | #86 | — |
| Vermont | 5 | #88 | — |
| Michigan | 80 | #94 | #368 |
| Idaho | 21 | #97 | — |
| Nebraska | 21 | #99 | — |
| Iowa | 31 | #100 | #449 |
| Indiana | 64 | #101 | #746 |
| Wisconsin | 48 | #102 | #276 |
| Colorado | 41 | #134 | #842 |
| Missouri | 43 | #141 | #459 |
| Massachusetts | 39 | #147 | #549 |
| South Carolina | 31 | #151 | — |
| Washington | 44 | #166 | #363 |
| West Virginia | 10 | #170 | — |
| Ohio | 64 | #177 | #649 |
| Oklahoma | 22 | #179 | #851 |
| Illinois | 55 | #185 | #469 |
| Kansas | 18 | #187 | #701 |
| Virginia | 43 | #194 | #510 |
| Hawaii | 5 | #196 | — |
| Tennessee | 39 | #199 | #499 |
| Nevada | 13 | #207 | — |
| Kentucky | 22 | #210 | #819 |
| Connecticut | 16 | #214 | #353 |
| Arkansas | 14 | #222 | — |
| North Dakota | 5 | #229 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 49 | #231 | #619 |
| Maryland | 21 | #249 | #852 |
| Arizona | 28 | #260 | #919 |
| California | 123 | #268 | #600 |
| Louisiana | 14 | #333 | — |
| Texas | 87 | #389 | #867 |
| Florida | 48 | #392 | #925 |
| North Carolina | 28 | #397 | #621 |
| New York | 43 | #409 | #556 |
| Georgia | 23 | #503 | — |
| Alabama | 10 | #512 | #903 |
| New Jersey | 15 | #521 | #831 |
| Mississippi | 5 | #601 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,522 | #201 | — | — |
| 2024 | 1,385 | #222 | — | — |
| 2023 | 1,131 | #278 | — | — |
| 2022 | 1,027 | #310 | — | — |
| 2021 | 831 | #375 | — | — |
| 2020 | 718 | #428 | — | — |
| 2019 | 712 | #440 | — | — |
| 2018 | 727 | #439 | — | — |
| 2017 | 703 | #452 | — | — |
| 2016 | 605 | #516 | — | — |
| 2015 | 529 | #578 | — | — |
| 2014 | 427 | #669 | — | — |
| 2013 | 393 | #711 | — | — |
| 2012 | 241 | #1,046 | — | — |
| 2011 | 196 | #1,227 | — | — |
| 2010 | 177 | #1,332 | — | — |
| 2009 | 147 | #1,542 | — | — |
| 2008 | 139 | #1,632 | — | — |
| 2007 | 127 | #1,718 | — | — |
| 2006 | 116 | #1,791 | — | — |
| 2005 | 106 | #1,846 | — | — |
| 2004 | 90 | #2,034 | — | — |
| 2003 | 97 | #1,891 | — | — |
| 2002 | 93 | #1,907 | — | — |
| 2001 | 83 | #2,044 | — | — |
| 2000 | 75 | #2,152 | — | — |
| 1999 | 90 | #1,779 | — | — |
| 1998 | 77 | #1,969 | — | — |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,911 | — | — |
| 1996 | 58 | #2,299 | — | — |
| 1995 | 53 | #2,442 | — | — |
| 1994 | 76 | #1,881 | — | — |
| 1993 | 65 | #2,105 | — | — |
| 1992 | 80 | #1,812 | — | — |
| 1991 | 75 | #1,888 | — | — |
| 1990 | 78 | #1,839 | — | — |
| 1989 | 64 | #1,990 | — | — |
| 1988 | 105 | #1,364 | — | — |
| 1987 | 86 | #1,506 | — | — |
| 1986 | 72 | #1,648 | — | — |
| 1985 | 67 | #1,722 | — | — |
| 1984 | 75 | #1,523 | — | — |
| 1983 | 73 | #1,547 | — | — |
| 1982 | 75 | #1,577 | — | — |
| 1981 | 86 | #1,428 | — | — |
| 1980 | 76 | #1,548 | — | — |
| 1979 | 70 | #1,616 | — | — |
| 1978 | 62 | #1,698 | — | — |
| 1977 | 64 | #1,647 | — | — |
| 1976 | 76 | #1,402 | — | — |
| 1975 | 68 | #1,506 | — | — |
| 1974 | 82 | #1,308 | — | — |
| 1973 | 65 | #1,470 | — | — |
| 1972 | 68 | #1,438 | — | — |
| 1971 | 75 | #1,412 | — | — |
| 1970 | 60 | #1,590 | — | — |
| 1969 | 86 | #1,203 | — | — |
| 1968 | 71 | #1,320 | — | — |
| 1967 | 72 | #1,277 | — | — |
| 1966 | 84 | #1,167 | — | — |
| 1965 | 94 | #1,083 | — | — |
| 1964 | 124 | #947 | — | — |
| 1963 | 122 | #961 | — | — |
| 1962 | 126 | #948 | — | — |
| 1961 | 140 | #915 | — | — |
| 1960 | 134 | #917 | — | — |
| 1959 | 140 | #876 | — | — |
| 1958 | 132 | #890 | — | — |
| 1957 | 175 | #755 | — | — |
| 1956 | 181 | #716 | — | — |
| 1955 | 194 | #673 | — | — |
| 1954 | 173 | #707 | — | — |
| 1953 | 197 | #636 | — | — |
| 1952 | 216 | #593 | — | — |
| 1951 | 200 | #608 | — | — |
| 1950 | 228 | #549 | — | — |
| 1949 | 253 | #514 | — | — |
| 1948 | 311 | #453 | — | — |
| 1947 | 345 | #443 | — | — |
| 1946 | 334 | #421 | — | — |
| 1945 | 344 | #379 | — | — |
| 1944 | 387 | #351 | — | — |
| 1943 | 478 | #319 | — | — |
| 1942 | 513 | #304 | — | — |
| 1941 | 507 | #285 | — | — |
| 1940 | 548 | #265 | 5 | #3,763 |
| 1939 | 593 | #256 | — | — |
| 1938 | 674 | #245 | — | — |
| 1937 | 697 | #233 | 5 | #3,841 |
| 1936 | 743 | #222 | — | — |
| 1935 | 826 | #208 | — | — |
| 1934 | 850 | #209 | 6 | #3,536 |
| 1933 | 875 | #196 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1932 | 1,111 | #171 | 6 | #3,619 |
| 1931 | 1,060 | #174 | 6 | #3,620 |
| 1930 | 1,369 | #150 | 9 | #2,923 |
| 1929 | 1,516 | #147 | 9 | #2,882 |
| 1928 | 1,742 | #135 | 7 | #3,579 |
| 1927 | 1,954 | #133 | 5 | #4,566 |
| 1926 | 2,076 | #127 | 8 | #3,290 |
| 1925 | 2,292 | #118 | 8 | #3,298 |
| 1924 | 2,652 | #108 | 5 | #4,726 |
| 1923 | 2,696 | #102 | 7 | #3,682 |
| 1922 | 2,894 | #99 | 6 | #4,129 |
| 1921 | 3,336 | #85 | 5 | #4,727 |
| 1920 | 3,364 | #83 | 9 | #3,111 |
| 1919 | 3,405 | #78 | 7 | #3,616 |
| 1918 | 3,636 | #74 | 9 | #3,014 |
| 1917 | 3,499 | #68 | 17 | #1,874 |
| 1916 | 3,680 | #65 | 6 | #3,734 |
| 1915 | 3,683 | #62 | 13 | #2,132 |
| 1914 | 3,131 | #58 | 12 | #1,925 |
| 1913 | 2,741 | #56 | 8 | #2,194 |
| 1912 | 2,714 | #46 | 15 | #1,250 |
| 1911 | 2,171 | #43 | 10 | #1,170 |
| 1910 | 2,123 | #46 | 10 | #1,091 |
| 1909 | 2,007 | #41 | 11 | #933 |
| 1908 | 2,096 | #37 | 12 | #808 |
| 1907 | 2,069 | #36 | 11 | #845 |
| 1906 | 2,054 | #34 | 10 | #832 |
| 1905 | 2,178 | #29 | 7 | #1,048 |
| 1904 | 2,172 | #27 | 12 | #710 |
| 1903 | 2,163 | #25 | 8 | #886 |
| 1902 | 2,280 | #24 | 12 | #673 |
| 1901 | 2,097 | #24 | 12 | #625 |
| 1900 | 2,509 | #25 | 8 | #1,014 |
| 1899 | 2,127 | #22 | 6 | #1,004 |
| 1898 | 2,331 | #23 | 7 | #953 |
| 1897 | 2,222 | #22 | 10 | #707 |
| 1896 | 2,283 | #21 | — | — |
| 1895 | 2,359 | #20 | — | — |
| 1894 | 2,221 | #20 | 6 | #1,033 |
| 1893 | 2,191 | #21 | 10 | #686 |
| 1892 | 2,170 | #19 | — | — |
| 1891 | 2,029 | #15 | 8 | #744 |
| 1890 | 2,058 | #17 | 8 | #790 |
| 1889 | 1,947 | #16 | 7 | #856 |
| 1888 | 1,830 | #17 | — | — |
| 1887 | 1,494 | #18 | 5 | #1,006 |
| 1886 | 1,422 | #20 | 6 | #922 |
| 1885 | 1,349 | #20 | 7 | #812 |
| 1884 | 1,270 | #20 | — | — |
| 1883 | 1,086 | #23 | 6 | #852 |
| 1882 | 997 | #23 | — | — |
| 1881 | 893 | #23 | — | — |
| 1880 | 808 | #22 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).