How Many People Are Named Mabel?
people named Mabel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 15,884 people in the US has this name
Based on 142,693 babies named Mabel in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,696 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Medieval feminine form of AMABILIS. This spelling and Amabel were common during the Middle Ages, though they became rare after the 15th century. It was revived in the 19th century after the publication of C. M. Yonge's novel 'The Heir of Redclyffe' (1854), which featured a character named Mabel (as well as one named Amabel).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Mabel in English. Counting Mabel and these spellings together, about 30,729 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Mabel in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mabel alive today is about 34 years old, and 59% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 71 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mabel first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1915, to 3,696 babies. In 2025, 1,522 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Mabel never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #15, in 1891, and it was in the top 100 for 43 years, 1880 to 1922. In 2025 it ranked #201.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #201 |
| Best rank | #15 (1891) |
| Years in the top 100 | 43 (1880 to 1922) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #61 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mabel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mabel were born in California than in any other state: about 2,007 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mabel was given 2.9 times as often in Hawaii, 2.1 times in West Virginia and 1.8 times in North Dakota.
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