Mable

#2,438 for girls in 2025, 73 births · Last seen for boys in 1943 at #3,231
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1905 · 562 births
Debut · girls
83 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
53,251
since 1880

Mable over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Mable has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201897peak #112, 1905girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,43873—
2024#2,46273—
2023#2,78961—
2022#3,41646—
2021#3,25049—
2020#3,33846—
2019#3,92337—
2018#3,85338—
2017#3,91938—
2016#4,53131—
2015#5,83322—
2014#5,79722—
2013#5,64423—
2012#5,71023—
2011#10,37410—
2010#7,21717—
2009#8,05815—
2008#7,07318—
2007#6,81219—
2006#6,12521—
2005#8,88312—
2004#9,26411—
2003#12,4087—
2002#8,83711—
2001#8,19612—
2000#3,98331—
1999#6,19116—
1998#10,1228—
1997#9,0179—
1996#7,13012—
1995#6,64113—
1994#11,7786—
1993#8,05210—
1992#6,65213—
1991#9,3368—
1990#7,30311—
1989#6,95511—
1988#5,89513—
1987#3,98321—
1986#6,15611—
1985#3,98320—
1984#4,73715—
1983#4,10918—
1982#3,17227—
1981#3,85920—
1980#3,00229—
1979#3,33324—
1978#3,63720—
1977#3,26723—
1976#2,86526—
1975#2,74327—
1974#2,29034—
1973#2,22335—
1972#2,22234—
1971#2,06440—
1970#1,90445—
1969#1,75548—
1968#1,59452—
1967#1,44159—
1966#1,20180—
1965#1,16884—
1964#1,051106—
1963#1,052104—
1962#925131—
1961#968124—
1960#817162—
1959#796164—
1958#704196—
1957#756174—
1956#608248—
1955#510330—
1954#568247—
1953#527265—
1952#469323—
1951#442356—
1950#425356—
1949#382425—
1948#389419—
1947#369471—
1946#348474—
1945#319451—
1944#325436—
1943#299540#3,2316
1942#283577—
1941#277539—
1940#257589—
1939#248639#2,8297
1938#249641—
1937#236691#2,6808
1936#229712#2,8547
1935#232724#3,2526
1934#229758#2,7428
1933#213804#3,0047
1932#200909#2,6389
1931#203897#2,47110
1930#197976#2,17813
1929#1881,060#2,7669
1928#1801,152#2,38712
1927#1711,249#2,9129
1926#1641,389#2,72510
1925#1661,408#3,4087
1924#1621,516#4,3475
1923#1621,472#3,4677
1922#1521,620#3,0149
1921#1551,566#3,5177
1920#1481,579#2,76510
1919#1431,610—
1918#1441,593#2,8829
1917#1441,463—
1916#1361,520#3,1777
1915#1451,287#2,18412
1914#1371,081—
1913#134907#2,4966
1912#125919—
1911#127659—
1910#121679#1,5895
1909#120586—
1908#119566—
1907#117569#1,3455
1906#123510—
1905#112562—
1904#121485—
1903#122461—
1902#119478#1,1375
1901#121425—
1900#124506—
1899#137339—
1898#143356—
1897#130371—
1896#129367—
1895#138331—
1894#130332—
1893#141294—
1892#146279—
1891#132268—
1890#141247—
1889#146231—
1888#151209—
1887#142182—
1886#139187—
1885#136180—
1884#152139—
1883#150120—
1882#142125—
1881#15388—
1880#15683—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Mable was already there! It came in at #156, and was given to 83 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1994, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

Where Mable is popular in 1897

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Mable
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 24 spots since 2024 (#2,462 → #2,438)
  • 900 spots since 2020 (#3,338 → #2,438)
  • 3,395 spots since 2015 (#5,833 → #2,438)
  • Biggest jump: 58 spots in 1955 (#568 → #510)
  • Biggest drop: 151 spots in 1961 (#817 → #968)
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1905 at #112 (562 births)
  • Births halved by 1953, 48 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 83 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1880–1962
Share of babies · girls
1 in 519
  • Highest: 1 in 519 girls born in 1905 were named Mable (0.19%)
  • Latest: 1 in 22,017 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 26.3% of all girls named Mable (14,011) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,544#136 (1885)#147
1890s3,184#129 (1896)#137
1900s5,148#112 (1905)#120
1910s11,718#121 (1910)#136
1920s14,011#148 (1920)#165
1930s7,751#197 (1930)#224
1940s4,921#257 (1940)#325
1950s2,659#425 (1950)#581
1960s950#817 (1960)#1,197
1970s308#1,904 (1970)#2,655
1980s185#3,002 (1980)#4,585
1990s106#6,191 (1999)#8,222
2000s157#3,983 (2000)#7,964
2010s261#3,853 (2018)#5,680
2020s348#2,438 (2025)#2,949

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mable in 1897

girls
#130
371 births · 1 in 631 girls

Top girls' names in 1897

  1. #1Mary13,413
  2. #2Anna5,429
  3. #3Helen4,519
  4. #4Margaret4,146
  5. #5Ruth3,878
  6. #6Elizabeth3,442
  7. #7Florence3,369
  8. #8Ethel3,182
  9. #9Marie3,078
  10. #10Emma2,698
  11. #130Mable371
More about 1897

girls

234,200 girls got a published name in 1897; 1 in 631 of them was named Mable, which outranked 92.8% of the 1,799 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mable
  1. #127Eunice387
  2. #128Harriet383
  3. #129Rebecca376
  4. #130Mable371
  5. #130Genevieve371
  6. #132Betty367
  7. #133Olga364
  8. #134Eula359

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1896
Risers
  1. ↑ 688Lupe#1,583 → #895
  2. ↑ 652Carl#1,583 → #931
  3. ↑ 652Dortha#1,583 → #931
  4. ↑ 652Judy#1,583 → #931
  5. ↑ 630Dagmar#1,416 → #786
Fallers
  1. ↓ 848Myrta#707 → #1,555
  2. ↓ 848Ouida#707 → #1,555
  3. ↓ 712Jeanie#843 → #1,555
  4. ↓ 652Orrie#903 → #1,555
  5. ↓ 605Louetta#950 → #1,555

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1897 →