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Mabel

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

Popularity over time

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.

Across the states

See where Mabel is more common.

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

Around the world

See how Mabel ranks in other countries and regions.

#16 in England & Wales (2025) · #58 in Scotland (2025) · #63 in N. Ireland (2025) · #66 in New Zealand (2025) · #92 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #94 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #95 in Ireland (2025) · #541 in Netherlands (2025) · #623 in Ecuador (2025) · #690 in Mexico (2024) · #984 in Belgium (2025) · #1,522 in Sweden (2025) and 2 more.

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 (TV series)
• Mabel — Recurring fictional character from the Jeeves novels of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse
• Mabel the Ugly Stepsister — Shrek the Third (film)

What Mabels become

Among 509 notable people named Mabel:

Artists & writers appear 1.83× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mabel Strickland, Maltese journalist (1899–1988).

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

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