Mabel

Boy · recorded 1883–1940

  • 1940last recorded
  • 1901best year

Most popular in 1901.

Last recorded in 1940. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Mabel.

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Its story

Popularity since 1883

05711318831897191219261940

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 49 recorded years as a table
Mabel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188357
188565
188654
188749
188963
189072
189179
189389
189452
189789
189857
189956
190053
1901113
190298
190367
190494
190553
190675
190775
190878
190967
191051
191144
191235
191316
191418
191515
19167
191718
19189
19197
19208
19215
19226
19236
19244
19257
19267
19274
19286
19298
19308
19316
19326
19337
19346
19375
19404

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Mabel isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1940
5
Rank in 1940
#3,459
How rare
1 in 231,834 boys
Since 1883
409

Mabel was last recorded in 1940. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1901, at 113 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Mabel doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.