Mabel
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Mabel
Mabel is cuddly Victorian favorite rising in popularity in the US, after a 50-year nap If you love offbeat old-fashioned names like Violet or Josephine, only sassier and bubblier, Mabel is one for you to consider. It is currently in the US Top 200 and the UK Top 20.
In the 1880s and 1890s, Mabel was a Top 20 name. Some of Mabel's vintage cultural references include Charlie Chaplin's favorite leading lady Mabel Normand, jazz singer Mabel Mercer, the lead character in Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance. It ultimately comes from the Latin Amabilis, giving it the sentimental meaning "lovable".
There is a Princess Mabel in the Netherlands today, born a commoner and the widow of Prince Friso. Several celebrities have named their daughters Mabel, including Chad Lowe, Nenah Cherry, Bruce Willis and Dermot Mulroney. The baby on the sitcom Mad About You is also called Mabel, in which case it was used for the sweet acronym: Mothers Always Bring Extra Love.
Nicknames include Mae, Mamie, Bell, and Billie, while alternative forms include Amabel, Maybelle, Maybelline, Annabel, and Mabli.
Mabel is also given to boys.
Pronounced MAY-bul.
As of October 2026, Mabel ranked #201 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #15 in 1891, Nameberry popularity #9.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #669 | 427 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #578 | 529 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #515 | 605 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #452 | 703 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #438 | 727 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #440 | 712 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #428 | 717 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #375 | 831 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #310 | 1,026 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #278 | 1,130 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #222 | 1,380 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #201 | 1,522 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Mabel on lists
Famous Mabels
- Mabel Kroger (b. 2006)Girl
Epic Gamer
- Mabel Martine Wisse SmitGirl
Princess of Orange,Nassau, wife of Prince Friso of the Netherlands
- Mabel Elizabeth KingGirl
American singer and actress
- Mabel Esmonde CahillGirl
Irish tennis player
- Mabel Esplin (1874Girl
1921), English stained glass artist and muralist
- Mabel Ethelreid NormandGirl
American silent film comedienne
- Mabel Gardiner HubbardGirl
wife of inventor Alexander Graham Bell
- Mabel Ida AlbertsonGirl
American actress
- Mabel MercerGirl
American cabaret singer
- Mabel SeeleyGirl
American mystery novelist
- Mabel Suffield TolkienGirl
mother of novelist J.R.R. Tolkien
- Mabel McKeown (b. 1986)Girl
English politician; daughter of comedienne Tracey Ullman
- Mabel Ray Mulroney (b. 2008)Girl
daughter of actor Dermot Mulroney
- Mabel Painter Lowe (b. 2009)Girl
daughter of actor Chad Lowe and producer Kim Painter
- Mabel Ray Willis (b. 2012)Girl
daughter of actor Bruce Willis
- Mabel Brand (b. 2016)Girl
daughter of actor/comedian Russell Brand
- Mabel Jane Grace (b. 2017)Girl
daughter of actor Topher Grace and Ashley Hinshaw
- Olivia Mabel Smithson (b. 2012)Girl
daughter of singer Carly Smithson
Mabel in pop culture
- Mabel "Madea" SimmonsGirl
movie character played by Tyler Perry
- Mabel BuchmanGirl
daughter of Jamie and Paul Buchman on TV's "Mad About You"
- Mabel ChilternGirl
character in Oscar Wilde's "An Ideal Husband"
- Mabel DarcyGirl
Bridget's daughter in Helen Fielding's "Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy"
- Mabel Lane FoxGirl
character in "Downton Abbey"
- Mabel MotleyGirl
main character in comic strip "Motley's Crew"
- Mabel PinesGirl
main character on animated series "Gravity Falls"
- Mabel RicketsGirl
aged Northumbrian nurse in Sir Walter Scott's "Rob Roy"
- Mabel RobsonGirl
character in G. A. Henty's "With the Allies to Pekin"
- Mabel ThompsonGirl
Nucky's first wife on TV's "Boardwalk Empire"
- MabelGirl
character in Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance"
- MabelGirl
goshawk in Helen MacDonald's "H is for Hawk"
- MabelGirl
the ugly stepsister in film "Shrek the Third"
- Mabel MartinGirl
titular character of horror podcast 'Mabel'
- "Mabel NormandGirl
" song by Stevie Nicks
- MabelGirl
mentioned in an episode of "The Simpsons" ("So I says to Mabel, I says...")
- Mabel AbleGirl
character from the video game "Animal Crossing”
- Mabel RoseGirl
character from Libba Bray’s “The Diviners” quartet.
- "Naughty MabelGirl
" children's book by Nathan Lane and Devlin Elliott
- Mabel MoraGirl
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