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Mabell

Mabell is a girl's name that peaked in 1916, when it was the 1,332nd most popular in the United States. It has not appeared in the national data since 1981. About 16 Mabells are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 90.

Popularity, 1880–2025

Births per year, 1880 to 2025 0 8 16 24 32 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

girls named Mabell

By the numbers

Total US births
606
Estimated living today
16
Median age today
90
Peak year
1916
Best rank
1,332nd
Rank in 2025
unranked
First recorded
1881

How old the living Mabells are

Born with the name each year, and how many of them are alive today, 1880 to 2025 0 8 16 24 32 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

born that year still alive today

Of the 606 babies given the name since 1881, about 16 are alive — 3 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1935 and half after.

An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.

Where Mabell is most common

Relative to how many babies each state records, Mabell is most concentrated in South Carolina (31.8×), Georgia (15.4×).

Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.

Names of 1916

The most popular girls’ names the year Mabell peaked:

All the names of 1916

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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.