Mabel
Girl · MAY-bel · Latin
Vintage revival
Mabel is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “lovable”. In 2025 it ranked 18th for girls in the UK (1,629 babies) and 201st for girls in the US (1,522 babies).
What does Mabel mean?
Latin: via Old French Amabel
“lovable”
Shortened from medieval Amabel, from Latin amabilis, lovable; it was revived by the Victorians.
- Say it
- MAY-bel
More on Wiktionary.
Is Mabel a girl's or a boy's name?
Mabel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 1,629 girls in the UK and 1,522 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mabel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #18among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,629about 1 in 170 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 112% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 7.9%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,629 girls in the UK were named Mabel, making it the 18th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 76th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 16 years. 2025 had the most girls named Mabel of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Mabel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 16th in England and Wales, 58th in Scotland and 62nd in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#24), 1914 (#34), 1924 (#64) and 2024 (#37).
Mabel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,629 | #18 |
| 2024 | 1,185 | #40 |
| 2023 | 1,112 | #44 |
| 2022 | 997 | #53 |
| 2021 | 914 | #66 |
| 2020 | 794 | #76 |
| 2019 | 546 | #103 |
| 2018 | 511 | #117 |
| 2017 | 358 | #170 |
| 2016 | 257 | #223 |
| 2015 | 247 | #235 |
| 2014 | 217 | #251 |
| 2013 | 189 | #274 |
| 2012 | 156 | #345 |
| 2011 | 134 | #381 |
| 2010 | 122 | #403 |
| 2009 | 89 | #503 |
| 2008 | 120 | #402 |
| 2007 | 72 | #563 |
| 2006 | 92 | #467 |
| 2005 | 48 | #698 |
| 2004 | 49 | #662 |
| 2003 | 45 | #687 |
| 2002 | 42 | #689 |
| 2001 | 20 | #1,118 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,290 |
| 1999 | 17 | #1,243 |
| 1998 | 22 | #1,049 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,466 |
| 1996 | 17 | #1,179 |
How popular is Mabel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #201among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,522about 1 in 1,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 87% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.3%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,522 girls in the US were named Mabel, making it the 201st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 428th. Its busiest year was 1915, with 3,683 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had more girls named Mabel than any year since 1928.
Half of all the girls named Mabel in the US since 1880 were born between 1900 and 1926, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,682 girls in the US were given Mabel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #215.
Mabel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | 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 | #451 |
| 2016 | 605 | #515 |
| 2015 | 529 | #578 |
| 2014 | 427 | #668 |
| 2013 | 393 | #711 |
| 2012 | 241 | #1,044 |
| 2011 | 196 | #1,224 |
| 2010 | 177 | #1,328 |
| 2009 | 147 | #1,538 |
| 2008 | 139 | #1,631 |
| 2007 | 127 | #1,713 |
| 2006 | 116 | #1,788 |
| 2005 | 106 | #1,837 |
| 2004 | 90 | #2,028 |
| 2003 | 97 | #1,884 |
| 2002 | 93 | #1,895 |
| 2001 | 83 | #2,031 |
| 2000 | 75 | #2,137 |
| 1999 | 90 | #1,767 |
| 1998 | 77 | #1,955 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,871 |
| 1996 | 58 | #2,279 |
| 1995 | 53 | #2,416 |
| 1994 | 76 | #1,857 |
| 1993 | 65 | #2,085 |
| 1992 | 80 | #1,794 |
| 1991 | 75 | #1,871 |
| 1990 | 78 | #1,824 |
| 1989 | 64 | #1,976 |
| 1988 | 105 | #1,353 |
| 1987 | 86 | #1,497 |
| 1986 | 72 | #1,637 |
| 1985 | 67 | #1,709 |
| 1984 | 75 | #1,511 |
| 1983 | 73 | #1,531 |
| 1982 | 75 | #1,566 |
| 1981 | 86 | #1,423 |
| 1980 | 76 | #1,542 |
| 1979 | 70 | #1,605 |
| 1978 | 62 | #1,690 |
| 1977 | 64 | #1,637 |
| 1976 | 76 | #1,397 |
| 1975 | 68 | #1,498 |
| 1974 | 82 | #1,300 |
| 1973 | 65 | #1,458 |
| 1972 | 68 | #1,432 |
| 1971 | 75 | #1,405 |
| 1970 | 60 | #1,584 |
| 1969 | 86 | #1,201 |
| 1968 | 71 | #1,311 |
| 1967 | 72 | #1,269 |
| 1966 | 84 | #1,161 |
| 1965 | 94 | #1,079 |
| 1964 | 124 | #945 |
| 1963 | 122 | #959 |
| 1962 | 126 | #945 |
| 1961 | 140 | #914 |
| 1960 | 134 | #915 |
| 1959 | 140 | #870 |
| 1958 | 132 | #887 |
| 1957 | 175 | #753 |
| 1956 | 181 | #714 |
| 1955 | 194 | #671 |
| 1954 | 173 | #705 |
| 1953 | 197 | #635 |
| 1952 | 216 | #591 |
| 1951 | 200 | #607 |
| 1950 | 228 | #546 |
| 1949 | 253 | #513 |
| 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 |
| 1939 | 593 | #256 |
| 1938 | 674 | #245 |
| 1937 | 697 | #233 |
| 1936 | 743 | #221 |
| 1935 | 826 | #208 |
| 1934 | 850 | #209 |
| 1933 | 875 | #196 |
| 1932 | 1,111 | #171 |
| 1931 | 1,060 | #174 |
| 1930 | 1,369 | #150 |
| 1929 | 1,516 | #147 |
| 1928 | 1,742 | #135 |
| 1927 | 1,954 | #133 |
| 1926 | 2,076 | #127 |
| 1925 | 2,292 | #118 |
| 1924 | 2,652 | #108 |
| 1923 | 2,696 | #102 |
| 1922 | 2,894 | #99 |
| 1921 | 3,336 | #85 |
| 1920 | 3,364 | #83 |
| 1919 | 3,405 | #78 |
| 1918 | 3,636 | #74 |
| 1917 | 3,499 | #68 |
| 1916 | 3,680 | #65 |
| 1915 | 3,683 | #62 |
| 1914 | 3,131 | #58 |
| 1913 | 2,741 | #56 |
| 1912 | 2,714 | #46 |
| 1911 | 2,171 | #43 |
| 1910 | 2,123 | #45 |
| 1909 | 2,007 | #41 |
| 1908 | 2,096 | #37 |
| 1907 | 2,069 | #36 |
| 1906 | 2,054 | #34 |
| 1905 | 2,178 | #29 |
| 1904 | 2,172 | #27 |
| 1903 | 2,163 | #25 |
| 1902 | 2,280 | #24 |
| 1901 | 2,097 | #23 |
| 1900 | 2,509 | #25 |
| 1899 | 2,127 | #22 |
| 1898 | 2,331 | #23 |
| 1897 | 2,222 | #22 |
| 1896 | 2,283 | #21 |
| 1895 | 2,359 | #20 |
| 1894 | 2,221 | #20 |
| 1893 | 2,191 | #21 |
| 1892 | 2,170 | #19 |
| 1891 | 2,029 | #15 |
| 1890 | 2,058 | #17 |
| 1889 | 1,947 | #16 |
| 1888 | 1,830 | #17 |
| 1887 | 1,494 | #18 |
| 1886 | 1,422 | #20 |
| 1885 | 1,349 | #20 |
| 1884 | 1,270 | #20 |
| 1883 | 1,086 | #23 |
| 1882 | 997 | #23 |
| 1881 | 893 | #23 |
| 1880 | 808 | #22 |
Nicknames for Mabel
- Mabs
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