Mabel remains a common girls' name (#201 in 2025), down from a peak of #15 in 1891.
Mabel is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #201 for girl births in the United States (and #445 across all names), given to 1,522 babies. Mabel was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1915 (3,683 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,522 | 1,522 | #201 | — |
| 2024 | 1,385 | 1,385 | #222 | — |
| 2023 | 1,131 | 1,131 | #278 | — |
| 2022 | 1,027 | 1,027 | #310 | — |
| 2021 | 831 | 831 | #375 | — |
| 2020 | 718 | 718 | #428 | — |
| 2019 | 712 | 712 | #440 | — |
| 2018 | 727 | 727 | #439 | — |
| 2017 | 703 | 703 | #452 | — |
| 2016 | 605 | 605 | #516 | — |
| 2015 | 529 | 529 | #578 | — |
| 2014 | 427 | 427 | #669 | — |
| 2013 | 393 | 393 | #711 | — |
| 2012 | 241 | 241 | #1,046 | — |
| 2011 | 196 | 196 | #1,227 | — |
| 2010 | 177 | 177 | #1,332 | — |
| 2009 | 147 | 147 | #1,542 | — |
| 2008 | 139 | 139 | #1,632 | — |
| 2007 | 127 | 127 | #1,718 | — |
| 2006 | 116 | 116 | #1,791 | — |
| 2005 | 106 | 106 | #1,846 | — |
| 2004 | 90 | 90 | #2,034 | — |
| 2003 | 97 | 97 | #1,891 | — |
| 2002 | 93 | 93 | #1,907 | — |
| 2001 | 83 | 83 | #2,044 | — |
| 2000 | 75 | 75 | #2,152 | — |
| 1999 | 90 | 90 | #1,779 | — |
| 1998 | 77 | 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 | 553 | — | #265 | #3,763 |
| 1939 | 593 | — | #256 | — |
| 1938 | 674 | — | #245 | — |
| 1937 | 702 | — | #233 | #3,841 |
| 1936 | 743 | — | #222 | — |
| 1935 | 826 | — | #208 | — |
| 1934 | 856 | — | #209 | #3,536 |
| 1933 | 882 | — | #196 | #3,176 |
| 1932 | 1,117 | — | #171 | #3,619 |
| 1931 | 1,066 | — | #174 | #3,620 |
| 1930 | 1,378 | — | #150 | #2,923 |
| 1929 | 1,525 | — | #147 | #2,882 |
| 1928 | 1,749 | — | #135 | #3,579 |
| 1927 | 1,959 | — | #133 | #4,566 |
| 1926 | 2,084 | — | #127 | #3,290 |
| 1925 | 2,300 | — | #118 | #3,298 |
| 1924 | 2,657 | — | #108 | #4,726 |
| 1923 | 2,703 | — | #102 | #3,682 |
| 1922 | 2,900 | — | #99 | #4,129 |
| 1921 | 3,341 | — | #85 | #4,727 |
| 1920 | 3,373 | — | #83 | #3,111 |
| 1919 | 3,412 | — | #78 | #3,616 |
| 1918 | 3,645 | — | #74 | #3,014 |
| 1917 | 3,516 | — | #68 | #1,874 |
| 1916 | 3,686 | — | #65 | #3,734 |
| 1915 | 3,696 | — | #62 | #2,132 |
| 1914 | 3,143 | — | #58 | #1,925 |
| 1913 | 2,749 | — | #56 | #2,194 |
| 1912 | 2,729 | — | #46 | #1,250 |
| 1911 | 2,181 | — | #43 | #1,170 |
| 1910 | 2,133 | — | #46 | #1,091 |
| 1909 | 2,018 | — | #41 | #933 |
| 1908 | 2,108 | — | #37 | #808 |
| 1907 | 2,080 | — | #36 | #845 |
| 1906 | 2,064 | — | #34 | #832 |
| 1905 | 2,185 | — | #29 | #1,048 |
| 1904 | 2,184 | — | #27 | #710 |
| 1903 | 2,171 | — | #25 | #886 |
| 1902 | 2,292 | — | #24 | #673 |
| 1901 | 2,109 | — | #24 | #625 |
| 1900 | 2,517 | — | #25 | #1,014 |
| 1899 | 2,133 | — | #22 | #1,004 |
| 1898 | 2,338 | — | #23 | #953 |
| 1897 | 2,232 | — | #22 | #707 |
| 1896 | 2,283 | — | #21 | — |
| 1895 | 2,359 | — | #20 | — |
| 1894 | 2,227 | — | #20 | #1,033 |
| 1893 | 2,201 | — | #21 | #686 |
| 1892 | 2,170 | — | #19 | — |
| 1891 | 2,037 | — | #15 | #744 |
| 1890 | 2,066 | — | #17 | #790 |
| 1889 | 1,954 | — | #16 | #856 |
| 1888 | 1,830 | — | #17 | — |
| 1887 | 1,499 | — | #18 | #1,006 |
| 1886 | 1,428 | — | #20 | #922 |
| 1885 | 1,356 | — | #20 | #812 |
| 1884 | 1,270 | — | #20 | — |
| 1883 | 1,092 | — | #23 | #852 |
| 1882 | 997 | — | #23 | — |
| 1881 | 893 | — | #23 | — |
| 1880 | 808 | — | #22 | — |