Mabel

Mabel is having a moment, but it's really her third or fourth. From the Latin amabilis, "lovable," she was a top-25 American name in the 1890s, disappeared almost entirely by 1960, and came roaring back in the 2010s as parents rediscovered great-grandmothers' names tucked in family Bibles. She now sits just inside the top 250 and still rising. Two syllables, the soft M opening, the crisp L landing. Mabel has spectacles and a garden and knows the names of all the roses. A name that feels like a wink across a century. Unfussy and unmistakably charming.