Mabel

“Lovable; dear” — Latin origin

Girl's name · #201 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Mabel was #15 in 1891, slipped to #2911 by 1997, and has climbed back to #201 today. About 142,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Around the world: #16 in England & Wales (2025) · #58 in Scotland (2025) · #63 in N. Ireland (2025) · #66 in New Zealand (2025) · #92 in Australia (VIC) (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 47 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Mabels

Mabel Normand — American actress (1893–1930)
Mabel — Swedish-British singer
Mabel Strickland — Anglo-Maltese journalist, newspaper proprietor and politician (1899-1988)
Mabel Gay — Cuban triple jumper
Mabel Cahill — Irish tennis player (1863-1905)

In stories & tradition

Mabel Pines — Gravity Falls
Mabel — fictional human
Mabel the Ugly Stepsister — Shrek the Third · Shrek Forever After

What Mabels become

Among 509 notable people named Mabel:

Artists & writers appear 1.83× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mabel Strickland, Anglo-Maltese journalist, newspaper proprietor and politician (1899-1988).

Similar names: Florence · Mae · Olive · Maxine · May · Leona

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