Mable

Girl · MAY-bel · Latin

Mable is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “lovable”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 2,438th for girls in the US (73 babies).

What does Mable mean?

Latin: spelling of Mabel, short form of Amabel

“lovable”

A spelling of Mabel, the medieval short form of Amabel, from Latin amabilis, 'lovable'.

Say it: MAY-bel

Is Mable a girl's or a boy's name?

Mable is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 73 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Mable in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #1,868among girls
Babies in 2025: 16about 1 in 17,000 girls
Five-year trend: Risingup 33% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Mable, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th.

2025 had the most girls named Mable of any year since it first appeared, in 2009.

Half of all the girls named Mable in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,661 girls in the UK were given Mable or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #19, up from #1,868 for this spelling alone.

Mabel 1,629
Mable 16
Maebel 13
Maybelle 3

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.

2009Busiest: 16 in 20252025

Mable in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	16	#1,868
2024	9	#2,832
2023	11	#2,481
2022	10	#2,615
2021	8	#3,082
2020	9	#2,766
2019	10	#2,590
2018	8	#3,068
2017	0	–
2016	0	–
2015	7	#3,433
2014	0	–
2013	0	–
2012	0	–
2011	0	–
2010	0	–
2009	7	#3,201

How popular is Mable in the US?

Rank in 2025: #2,438among girls
Babies in 2025: 73about 1 in 22,000 girls
Five-year trend: Risingup 71% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 73 girls in the US were named Mable, making it the 2,438th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,338th. Its busiest year was 1922, with 1,620 girls.

Half of all the girls named Mable in the US since 1880 were born between 1914 and 1934, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,682 girls in the US were given Mable or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #215, up from #2,438 for this spelling alone.

Mabel 1,522
Mable 73
Maybelle 60
Maebelle 14
Maebel 13

1880Busiest: 1,620 in 19222025

Mable in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	73	#2,438
2024	73	#2,462
2023	61	#2,789
2022	46	#3,415
2021	49	#3,250
2020	46	#3,338
2019	37	#3,922
2018	38	#3,852
2017	38	#3,918
2016	31	#4,530
2015	22	#5,831
2014	22	#5,795
2013	23	#5,642
2012	23	#5,707
2011	10	#10,370
2010	17	#7,214
2009	15	#8,054
2008	18	#7,069
2007	19	#6,808
2006	21	#6,123
2005	12	#8,878
2004	11	#9,259
2003	7	#12,401
2002	11	#8,831
2001	12	#8,189
2000	31	#3,978
1999	16	#6,185
1998	8	#10,116
1997	9	#9,012
1996	12	#7,125
1995	13	#6,636
1994	6	#11,771
1993	10	#8,045
1992	13	#6,645
1991	8	#9,328
1990	11	#7,297
1989	11	#6,949
1988	13	#5,890
1987	21	#3,980
1986	11	#6,153
1985	20	#3,982
1984	15	#4,736
1983	18	#4,108
1982	27	#3,171
1981	20	#3,858
1980	29	#3,002
1979	24	#3,333
1978	20	#3,637
1977	23	#3,266
1976	26	#2,864
1975	27	#2,743
1974	34	#2,290
1973	35	#2,223
1972	34	#2,222
1971	40	#2,064
1970	45	#1,904
1969	48	#1,755
1968	52	#1,594
1967	59	#1,441
1966	80	#1,201
1965	84	#1,168
1964	106	#1,051
1963	104	#1,052
1962	131	#925
1961	124	#968
1960	162	#817
1959	164	#796
1958	196	#703
1957	174	#755
1956	248	#607
1955	330	#509
1954	247	#567
1953	265	#526
1952	323	#468
1951	356	#441
1950	356	#424
1949	425	#381
1948	419	#389
1947	471	#369
1946	474	#348
1945	451	#319
1944	436	#325
1943	540	#299
1942	577	#283
1941	539	#277
1940	589	#257
1939	639	#248
1938	641	#249
1937	691	#236
1936	712	#229
1935	724	#232
1934	758	#229
1933	804	#213
1932	909	#200
1931	897	#203
1930	976	#197
1929	1,060	#188
1928	1,152	#180
1927	1,249	#171
1926	1,389	#164
1925	1,408	#166
1924	1,516	#162
1923	1,472	#162
1922	1,620	#152
1921	1,566	#155
1920	1,579	#148
1919	1,610	#143
1918	1,593	#144
1917	1,463	#144
1916	1,520	#136
1915	1,287	#145
1914	1,081	#137
1913	907	#134
1912	919	#125
1911	659	#127
1910	679	#121
1909	586	#120
1908	566	#119
1907	569	#117
1906	510	#123
1905	562	#112
1904	485	#121
1903	461	#122
1902	478	#119
1901	425	#121
1900	506	#124
1899	339	#137
1898	356	#143
1897	371	#130
1896	367	#129
1895	331	#138
1894	332	#130
1893	294	#141
1892	279	#146
1891	268	#132
1890	247	#141
1889	231	#146
1888	209	#151
1887	182	#142
1886	187	#139
1885	180	#136
1884	139	#152
1883	120	#150
1882	125	#142
1881	88	#153
1880	83	#156

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Other spellings of Mable

Mabel Maebel Maybelle Maebelle

Names related to Mable

Mabli Mabelle Maybel

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