diff --git a/lib/scope.js b/lib/scope.js
index a0b7c648..17665e88 100644
--- a/lib/scope.js
+++ b/lib/scope.js
@@ -586,32 +586,30 @@ function _default_mangler_options(options) {
         webkit      : false,
     });
     if (!Array.isArray(options.reserved)) options.reserved = [];
-    // Never mangle arguments
+    // Never mangle `arguments`
     push_uniq(options.reserved, "arguments");
     options.reserved.has = makePredicate(options.reserved);
     return options;
 }
 
+// We only need to mangle declaration nodes. Special logic wired into the code
+// generator will display the mangled name if it is present (and for
+// `AST_SymbolRef`s it will use the mangled name of the `AST_SymbolDeclaration`
+// that it points to).
 AST_Toplevel.DEFMETHOD("mangle_names", function(options) {
     options = _default_mangler_options(options);
-
-    // We only need to mangle declaration nodes.  Special logic wired
-    // into the code generator will display the mangled name if it's
-    // present (and for AST_SymbolRef-s it'll use the mangled name of
-    // the AST_SymbolDeclaration that it points to).
-    var lname = -1;
-
     if (options.cache && options.cache.props) {
         var mangled_names = names_in_use(this, options);
         options.cache.props.each(function(mangled_name) {
             mangled_names.set(mangled_name, true);
         });
     }
-
+    var cutoff = 10;
+    var lname = -1;
     var redefined = [];
     var tw = new TreeWalker(function(node, descend) {
         if (node instanceof AST_LabeledStatement) {
-            // lname is incremented when we get to the AST_Label
+            // `lname` is incremented when we get to the `AST_Label`
             var save_nesting = lname;
             descend();
             if (!options.v8 || !in_label(tw)) lname = save_nesting;
@@ -633,9 +631,9 @@ AST_Toplevel.DEFMETHOD("mangle_names", function(options) {
                     });
                 }, true);
             }
-            node.to_mangle = [];
+            var to_mangle = node.to_mangle = [];
             node.variables.each(function(def) {
-                if (!defer_redef(def)) node.to_mangle.push(def);
+                if (!defer_redef(def)) to_mangle.push(def);
             });
             descend();
             if (options.cache && node instanceof AST_Toplevel) {
@@ -646,7 +644,23 @@ AST_Toplevel.DEFMETHOD("mangle_names", function(options) {
                 sym.scope = node;
                 sym.reference(options);
             }
-            node.to_mangle.forEach(mangle);
+            if (to_mangle.length > cutoff) {
+                var indices = to_mangle.map(function(def, index) {
+                    return index;
+                }).sort(function(i, j) {
+                    return to_mangle[j].references.length - to_mangle[i].references.length || i - j;
+                });
+                to_mangle = indices.slice(0, cutoff).sort(function(i, j) {
+                    return i - j;
+                }).map(function(index) {
+                    return to_mangle[index];
+                }).concat(indices.slice(cutoff).sort(function(i, j) {
+                    return i - j;
+                }).map(function(index) {
+                    return to_mangle[index];
+                }));
+            }
+            to_mangle.forEach(mangle);
             return true;
         }
         if (node instanceof AST_Label) {