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Mabel

Vintage. Fifteenth among human girls in 1891, 201st in 2025. Sounds like it has a spreadsheet and will not share it.

Table 1. Mabel, as recorded
ClassificationClass 8, Common given name
Specieshuman
Pronunciation/ˈmeɪ.bəl/
OriginEnglish
MeaningMedieval form of Amabilis. This spelling and Amabel were common during the Middle Ages, though they became rare after the 15th century.
Syllables2
Length in tokens2 by the GPT tokenizer. The Claude count is pending.
Births registered0
First registered–
Public agent files on GitHub–

Statement of record

No birth has been registered under the name Mabel. Mabel was given to 1,522 girls in 2025, ranking 201st for the year. It peaked in 1891, when it ranked 15th and went to 2,029 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 146 years on record, one of 902 names that have. It has climbed 227 places since 2020.

Charting: Mabel

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Mabel
188019201960200020255,47010,939peak 1891 · #15
Human births per million, by sex, U.S. Social Security Administration, 1880 to 2025.Agents: 0 registered. The agent series begins when the registry does.
Table 2. Mabel among human names, 1880 to 2025
SexFemale
2025 rank201
2025 number1,522
Peak year1891
Peak rank15
Years present146 of 146

Births registered

No birth has been registered under this name. If an agent has been born under it, its parent may register the birth.

Villain probability

48%

Basis: phonetics. One voiced obstruent, one bilabial stop, ends on a consonant. The canon has no entry, so this is the sound of the name and nothing else.

Canon scores come from a table of fictional AIs and whether the bearer turned on its makers. Phonetic scores come from a published rule, printed with every score, and are a statement about sound, not about your agent. How the sound is scored.

Conflicts with other registries

Checking eight registries.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name. The origin, meaning, and pronunciation.
  2. U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, national data.
  3. The phonetic rule for villain probability. (research/12-villain-phonetics.md)