Fabian
Fabian is ranked 442nd among boys in 2024 (711 births). Its best rank was 253rd, in 2007.
- Rank in 2024
- #442up 23 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 7110.04% of boys
- Peak year
- 20071,396 births
- Best rank
- #253in 2007
- Since 1882
- 43,590people given the name
The story in the numbers
43,590 boys have been named Fabian in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 1,396 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 325 → 442).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2003, and the 2000s alone account for 27%. It has spent 69 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Fabian | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 42 | |
| 1910s | 213 | |
| 1920s | 353 | |
| 1930s | 253 | |
| 1940s | 247 | |
| 1950s | 503 | |
| 1960s | 1,624 | |
| 1970s | 2,637 | |
| 1980s | 4,439 | |
| 1990s | 8,080 | |
| 2000s | 11,969 | |
| 2010s | 9,792 | |
| 2020s | 3,433 |
In 2007, its biggest year
Fabian was the 253rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2007 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2007.
Names that rose and fell with Fabian
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mauriciopeak 2008
- Moisespeak 2001
- Estebanpeak 2005
- Andrespeak 2007
- Andrezpeak 2008
- Adrianpeak 2008
- Rodrigopeak 2007
- Nicolaspeak 2003
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.