Mable
Mable is a feminine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Mable
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mable is a feminine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Mable
Mable first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 83 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1922, when 1,620 Mables were born — ranking #152 that year. As of 2026, Mable ranks #2,414 for baby girls with 75 births, rising sharply (+57% over the past five years). In total, more than 53K Mables have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Mable
Mable is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 53K births in the dataset. Mable's peak popularity came in 1922 when it ranked #112. Use the chart and map above to compare Mable's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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