# Mabel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mabel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “lovable” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmeɪbl̩/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Mable, Mabelle |
| US babies named this | 142,693 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 409 / 142,284 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 9,604, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Clipping of Amabel, from Latin amābilis (“lovable”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 196 | 1,227 |
| 2012 | 241 | 1,046 |
| 2013 | 393 | 711 |
| 2014 | 427 | 669 |
| 2015 | 529 | 578 |
| 2016 | 605 | 516 |
| 2017 | 703 | 452 |
| 2018 | 727 | 439 |
| 2019 | 712 | 440 |
| 2020 | 718 | 428 |
| 2021 | 831 | 375 |
| 2022 | 1,027 | 310 |
| 2023 | 1,131 | 278 |
| 2024 | 1,385 | 222 |
| 2025 | 1,522 | 201 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 6 | 4,129 |
| 1923 | 7 | 3,682 |
| 1924 | 5 | 4,726 |
| 1925 | 8 | 3,298 |
| 1926 | 8 | 3,290 |
| 1927 | 5 | 4,566 |
| 1928 | 7 | 3,579 |
| 1929 | 9 | 2,882 |
| 1930 | 9 | 2,923 |
| 1931 | 6 | 3,620 |
| 1932 | 6 | 3,619 |
| 1933 | 7 | 3,176 |
| 1934 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 1937 | 5 | 3,841 |
| 1940 | 5 | 3,763 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 132 | 360 |
| 2012 | 155 | 312 |
| 2013 | 179 | 265 |
| 2014 | 205 | 245 |
| 2015 | 243 | 216 |
| 2016 | 250 | 210 |
| 2017 | 345 | 162 |
| 2018 | 491 | 106 |
| 2019 | 531 | 98 |
| 2020 | 768 | 68 |
| 2021 | 885 | 58 |
| 2022 | 964 | 50 |
| 2023 | 1,051 | 40 |
| 2024 | 1,113 | 37 |
| 2025 | 1,527 | 16 |

## People named Mabel

- Mabel Normand, American actress (1893–1930)
- Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau, Dutch princess; widow of Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau
- Mabel Strickland, Anglo-Maltese journalist, newspaper proprietor and politician (1899-1988)
- Mabel Gay, Cuban triple jumper
- Mabel Taliaferro, actress (1887-1979)
- Mabel Van Buren, American actress (1878-1947)
- Mabel Paige, American actress (1880-1954)
- Mabel Albertson, American actress (1901-1982)
- Mabel Taylor, American archer
- Mabel Ballin, American actress (1887-1958)
- Mabel Collins, British anti-vivisectionist (1851–1927)
- Mabel Parton, British tennis player (1881-1962)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.