Mable

A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning lovable; a form of Mabel.

Babies a year
16
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1809
16 babies

Mable by the numbers

In 2025, 16 babies in England and Wales were named Mable. In the US, 38 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 1,620 babies in 1922, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that come from Mabel

Like Mable, each of these traces back to Mabel: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Mabel-Maelovable; a compound of Mabel and Mae22 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mabel-Gracelovable; a form of Mabel combined with grace6 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mable. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Maplethe maple tree31 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mablilovable; amiable69 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mailegarland; wreath of flowers21 in the US (2017)
  • Mayble6 in the US (2017)
  • Marleypleasant lake or fen clearing395 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mabellovable1,527 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Mable

Names that are said the same way as Mable, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Maybellemay flower beautiful; a form of Maybelle28 in the US (2017)
  • Mabellelovable; a form of Mabel3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maybel6 in England and Wales (2025)

Other names that mean love

Like Mable, each of these has love in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Milagracious, dear1,014 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
  • Rosethe rose flower; symbol of love666 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mollybeloved; a diminutive of Mary405 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Freyalady; goddess of love1,802 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Amybeloved1,724 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Mable

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