Fabian

Last seen for girls in 2008 at #15,405 · #468 for boys in 2025, 655 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
#253
2007 · 1,396 births
Debut · boys
1882
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
44,250
since 1882

Fabian over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Fabian has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201952peak #253, 2007boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#468655
2024—#441714
2023—#465658
2022—#457673
2021—#448684
2020—#422708
2019—#393796
2018—#391810
2017—#388825
2016—#377868
2015—#356943
2014—#3251,053
2013—#3131,096
2012—#2981,162
2011—#2911,198
2010—#3051,042
2009—#2831,174
2008#15,4056#2891,178
2007#13,9247#2531,396
2006#17,1685#2711,276
2005—#2691,232
2004#14,1796#2671,224
2003#15,7845#2721,147
2002—#2711,150
2001#15,3525#2751,111
2000—#2841,081
1999#12,6886#289999
1998#14,1225#317871
1997#12,0706#310859
1996#11,8076#329799
1995#8,07910#339719
1994#5,44517#326773
1993#7,49811#320828
1992#6,65213#339709
1991#8,5889#332756
1990#11,4096#325767
1989#9,6817#377594
1988#6,66611#373542
1987#7,3539#387496
1986#5,75712#382481
1985#6,9559#392459
1984#4,96614#425380
1983#5,82411#431362
1982#7,4698#443364
1981#6,32310#411402
1980#9,0956#433360
1979—#418365
1978—#437333
1977#7,5677#447321
1976#9,2845#493261
1975#7,9846#509246
1974—#517233
1973—#529220
1972#7,2926#544213
1971#8,3245#533227
1970—#552217
1969—#568191
1968—#561182
1967—#577172
1966—#571177
1965#5,8176#595163
1964—#651141
1963—#678133
1962—#697121
1961—#627158
1960—#571186
1959#3,61912#607161
1958—#1,22240
1957#4,5368#1,10048
1956—#1,28536
1955—#1,09147
1954—#1,21338
1953#3,10613#1,37830
1952#3,20112#1,21337
1951#3,7149#1,26134
1950#2,34118#1,27232
1949—#1,27532
1948—#1,37828
1947—#2,07614
1946—#1,29929
1945—#1,49420
1944—#1,43822
1943—#1,36826
1942—#1,29829
1941—#1,37224
1940—#1,39723
1939—#1,45821
1938—#1,39723
1937—#1,48121
1936—#1,20530
1935—#1,39024
1934—#1,32326
1933—#1,25128
1932—#1,17533
1931—#1,33327
1930—#1,64420
1929—#1,31229
1928—#1,14738
1927—#1,16338
1926—#1,29631
1925—#1,22534
1924—#1,13340
1923—#1,11441
1922—#1,15838
1921—#1,22635
1920—#1,34829
1919—#1,32129
1918—#1,23132
1917—#1,17533
1916—#1,37425
1915—#1,24128
1914—#1,22123
1913—#1,31116
1912—#1,41712
1911—#1,2908
1910—#1,3147
1909—#1,1557
1908—#1,2176
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1905—#1,0916
1904—#8109
1903—#1,1305
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1900—#9029
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1882—#9435
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First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Fabian! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1882–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Fabian
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 27 spots since 2024 (#441 → #468)
  • 46 spots since 2020 (#422 → #468)
  • 112 spots since 2015 (#356 → #468)
  • Biggest jump: 615 spots in 1959 (#1,222 → #607)
  • Biggest drop: 281 spots in 1905 (#810 → #1,091)
Rise & fade · boys
125 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 2007 at #253 (1,396 births)
  • Births halved by 2021, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 70 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1959–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,487
  • Highest: 1 in 1,487 boys born in 2007 were named Fabian (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,608 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 27.0% of all boys named Fabian (11,969) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#943 (1882)#943
1890s0——
1900s42#810 (1904)#1,051
1910s213#1,175 (1917)#1,290
1920s353#1,114 (1923)#1,212
1930s253#1,175 (1932)#1,366
1940s247#1,275 (1949)#1,440
1950s503#607 (1959)#1,164
1960s1,624#561 (1968)#610
1970s2,636#418 (1979)#498
1980s4,440#373 (1988)#405
1990s8,080#289 (1999)#323
2000s11,969#253 (2007)#273
2010s9,793#291 (2011)#344
2020s4,092#422 (2020)#450

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Fabian in 1952

girls
#3,201
12 births · 1 in 154,528 girls
boys
#1,213
37 births · 1 in 52,531 boys

Top girls' names in 1952

  1. #1Linda67,082
  2. #2Mary65,629
  3. #3Patricia53,101
  4. #4Deborah49,811
  5. #5Susan41,348
  6. #6Barbara39,864
  7. #7Nancy31,739
  8. #8Karen28,956
  9. #9Debra26,832
  10. #10Sandra26,097
  11. #3,201Fabian12

Top boys' names in 1952

  1. #1James87,065
  2. #2Robert86,588
  3. #3John83,140
  4. #4Michael79,037
  5. #5David71,752
  6. #6William63,039
  7. #7Richard58,350
  8. #8Thomas48,647
  9. #9Charles38,866
  10. #10Gary38,754
  11. #1,213Fabian37
More about 1952

girls

1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 154,528 of them was named Fabian, which outranked 49.9% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fabian
  1. #3,040Willena13
  2. #3,040Windy13
  3. #3,040Zaida13
  4. #3,201Fabian12
  5. #3,201Alan12
  6. #3,201Alissa12
  7. #3,201Altagracia12
  8. #3,372Aldona11
  9. #3,372Alline11
  10. #3,372Andrena11

Tied with 170 names at #3,201; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,501Pandora#3,284 → #783
  2. ↑ 368Lise#1,314 → #946
  3. ↑ 353Vanessa#656 → #303
  4. ↑ 334Dorinda#1,170 → #836
  5. ↑ 332Mitzi#928 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Rhona#988 → #1,368
  2. ↓ 342Sharleen#765 → #1,107
  3. ↓ 270Enid#908 → #1,178
  4. ↓ 237Allyn#988 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 230Sheron#908 → #1,138

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,943,633 boys got a published name in 1952; 1 in 52,531 of them was named Fabian, which outranked 71.5% of the 4,257 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fabian
  1. #1,195Ric38
  2. #1,195Sherrill38
  3. #1,195Zack38
  4. #1,213Fabian37
  5. #1,213Alphonzo37
  6. #1,213Caesar37
  7. #1,213Cornel37
  8. #1,227Angus36
  9. #1,227Buck36
  10. #1,227Dann36

Tied with 13 names at #1,213; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. ↑ 753Darren#1,598 → #845
  2. ↑ 372Robby#1,242 → #870
  3. ↑ 355Cris#1,218 → #863
  4. ↑ 301Ethan#1,295 → #994
  5. ↑ 280Adan#1,150 → #870
Fallers
  1. ↓ 477Ottis#984 → #1,461
  2. ↓ 408Wayland#915 → #1,323
  3. ↓ 330Mcarthur#806 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 305Arvin#963 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 285Levon#881 → #1,166

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1952 →