NameTides

Mabel

Mabel was the #201 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,522 babies), and #16 in England & Wales and #222 in Canada.

Mabel as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Mabel as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandIrelandUSCanada
Mabel as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#201 (1,522)#16 (1,527)#58 (70)#62 (32)#94 (52)#222 (137)#94 (77)#92 (69)
2024#222 (1,385)#37 (1,113)#83 (50)#93 (22)#149 (31)#216 (134)——
2023#278 (1,131)#40 (1,051)#93 (47)#142 (14)#202 (22)#262 (112)——
2022#310 (1,027)#50 (964)#195 (22)#175 (11)#195 (24)#401 (75)——
2021#375 (831)#58 (885)#205 (20)#206 (9)#322 (13)#433 (71)——
2020#428 (718)#68 (768)#257 (14)#158 (12)#264 (16)#322 (97)——
2019#440 (712)#98 (531)#322 (11)#336 (4)#296 (15)#476 (68)——
2018#439 (727)#106 (491)#275 (14)#273 (6)#361 (12)#442 (73)——
2017#451 (703)#162 (345)#347 (10)#432 (3)#289 (16)#478 (68)——
2016#515 (605)#210 (250)#453 (7)—#476 (8)#512 (63)——
2015#578 (529)#216 (243)#653 (4)—#494 (8)#569 (53)——
2014#668 (427)#245 (205)#395 (9)#439 (3)#752 (4)#567 (55)——
2013#711 (393)#265 (179)#367 (10)—#587 (6)#758 (37)——
2012#1,044 (241)#312 (155)——#612 (6)#931 (28)——
2011#1,224 (196)#360 (132)———#1,154 (21)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1891 at #15.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 170very common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 260common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 230common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 410common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Mabel is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 880 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 830 to 1 in 940.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mabel by state, 2025Alaska: #70AKMaine: #50MEWisconsin: #100WIVermont: #75VTNew Hampshire: #82NHWashington: #164WAIdaho: #94IDMontana: #79MTNorth Dakota: #195NDMinnesota: #66MNIllinois: #179ILMichigan: #93MINew York: #403NYMassachusetts: #142MAOregon: #67ORNevada: #196NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #96IAIndiana: #99INOhio: #175OHPennsylvania: #228PANew Jersey: #499NJConnecticut: #206CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #267CAUtah: #64UTColorado: #131CONebraska: #95NEMissouri: #139MOKentucky: #208KYWest Virginia: #154WVVirginia: #192VAMaryland: #242MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #251AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #184KSArkansas: #208ARTennessee: #194TNNorth Carolina: #381NCSouth Carolina: #144SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #175OKLouisiana: #322LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #481ALGeorgia: #487GAHawaii: #168HITexas: #386TXFlorida: #383FL
Mabel (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#22753

Mabel (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MabelCanadaGirls#222137
MabelEngland & WalesGirls#161,527
MabelIrelandGirls#9452
MabelNorthern IrelandGirls#6232
MabelNSWGirls#9477
MabelScotlandGirls#5870
MabelUSGirls#2011,522
MabelUSBoys—too few
MabelVICGirls#9269