Mabel: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced MAY-buhl · 2 syllables

Mabel means “lovable”, from Latin and English.

Clipping of Amabel, from Latin amabilis (“lovable”).

How popular is Mabel?

Mabel was the #201 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,522 babies. It’s rising: up 229% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1890.

Babies named Mabel in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1890).

Half of US adults named Mabel are older than 74; most are between 24 and 93. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Mabel have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Mabel means “lovable”. It comes from Latin and English.

Mabel is pronounced MAY-buhl.

Mabel was the #201 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,522 babies. It’s rising: up 229% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1890.

Half of US adults named Mabel are older than 74. Most are between 24 and 93.