Girls' name · peaked in 1891

Mabel name popularity since 1925

39,928 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Mabel. Half of them were born in 1942 or earlier, so the typical Mabel is about 84 years old in 2026. Mabel peaked in 1891 as the #15 name for girls, and it ranked #201 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 39,928; Named Mabel, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1891; #15 for girls that year
Typical age: About 84; Median birth year 1942
In 2025: #201; for girls in 2025 (1,522 babies)
Girls / boys: 99.8% girls; 39,847 girls · 81 boys
Most popular in: Hawaii; 2.97× its national share

Peak year is the year Mabel made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Mabel births per year, 1925–2025

The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Mabel peaked earlier, in 1891.

Steepest fall: Between 1945 and 1950, Mabel's share of baby girls fell by 49%, from 1 in 3,800 to 1 in 7,510.
Fastest rise: Between 2011 and 2016, it became 3.1× more common, from 1 in 8,970 baby girls to 1 in 2,930.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Mabel's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Mabel.

Decade by decade

Babies named Mabel in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	9,580	37	–
1930s	8,798	39	#208
1940s	4,020	5	#379
1950s	1,836	0	#673
1960s	1,053	0	#1,083
1970s	690	0	#1,506
1980s	779	0	#1,722
1990s	694	0	#2,442
2000s	1,073	0	#1,846
2010s	4,710	0	#578
2020–25	6,614	0	#201

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

37.3% of babies named Mabel from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:

Where Mabel is most popular

The index compares Mabel's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Mabel.

State	Index	Babies
Hawaii	2.97×	338
West Virginia	2.70×	863
Kentucky	2.19×	1,335
Virginia	1.98×	1,627
New Mexico	1.79×	359

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Mabel's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Mabel.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Mabel (1891).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data