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
- Peak · boys
- 2007 · 1,396 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 44,250since 1882
Fabian over time
Rank among boys' names. Fabian has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #468 | 655 | |
| 2024 | — | #441 | 714 | |
| 2023 | — | #465 | 658 | |
| 2022 | — | #457 | 673 | |
| 2021 | — | #448 | 684 | |
| 2020 | — | #422 | 708 | |
| 2019 | — | #393 | 796 | |
| 2018 | — | #391 | 810 | |
| 2017 | — | #388 | 825 | |
| 2016 | — | #377 | 868 | |
| 2015 | — | #356 | 943 | |
| 2014 | — | #325 | 1,053 | |
| 2013 | — | #313 | 1,096 | |
| 2012 | — | #298 | 1,162 | |
| 2011 | — | #291 | 1,198 | |
| 2010 | — | #305 | 1,042 | |
| 2009 | — | #283 | 1,174 | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #289 | 1,178 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #253 | 1,396 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #271 | 1,276 |
| 2005 | — | #269 | 1,232 | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #267 | 1,224 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #272 | 1,147 |
| 2002 | — | #271 | 1,150 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #275 | 1,111 |
| 2000 | — | #284 | 1,081 | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #289 | 999 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #317 | 871 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #310 | 859 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #329 | 799 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #339 | 719 |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 | #326 | 773 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #320 | 828 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | #339 | 709 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | #332 | 756 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #325 | 767 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #377 | 594 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | #373 | 542 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #387 | 496 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #382 | 481 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #392 | 459 |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 | #425 | 380 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | #431 | 362 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #443 | 364 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | #411 | 402 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #433 | 360 |
| 1979 | — | #418 | 365 | |
| 1978 | — | #437 | 333 | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #447 | 321 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #493 | 261 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #509 | 246 |
| 1974 | — | #517 | 233 | |
| 1973 | — | #529 | 220 | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #544 | 213 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #533 | 227 |
| 1970 | — | #552 | 217 | |
| 1969 | — | #568 | 191 | |
| 1968 | — | #561 | 182 | |
| 1967 | — | #577 | 172 | |
| 1966 | — | #571 | 177 | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #595 | 163 |
| 1964 | — | #651 | 141 | |
| 1963 | — | #678 | 133 | |
| 1962 | — | #697 | 121 | |
| 1961 | — | #627 | 158 | |
| 1960 | — | #571 | 186 | |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 | #607 | 161 |
| 1958 | — | #1,222 | 40 | |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #1,100 | 48 |
| 1956 | — | #1,285 | 36 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,091 | 47 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,213 | 38 | |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 | #1,378 | 30 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | #1,213 | 37 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | #1,261 | 34 |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 | #1,272 | 32 |
| 1949 | — | #1,275 | 32 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,378 | 28 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,076 | 14 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,299 | 29 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,494 | 20 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,438 | 22 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,368 | 26 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,298 | 29 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,372 | 24 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,397 | 23 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,458 | 21 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,397 | 23 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,481 | 21 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,205 | 30 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,390 | 24 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,323 | 26 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,251 | 28 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,175 | 33 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,333 | 27 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,644 | 20 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,312 | 29 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,147 | 38 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,163 | 38 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,296 | 31 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,225 | 34 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,133 | 40 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,114 | 41 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,158 | 38 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,226 | 35 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,348 | 29 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,321 | 29 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,231 | 32 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,175 | 33 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,374 | 25 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,241 | 28 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,221 | 23 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,311 | 16 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,417 | 12 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,290 | 8 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,314 | 7 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #810 | 9 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #902 | 9 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
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| 1889 | — | — | ||
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| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 2007 at #253 (1,396 births)
- Births halved by 2021, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1959–2025
- 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%)
- 27.0% of all boys named Fabian (11,969) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #943 (1882) | #943 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 42 | #810 (1904) | #1,051 |
| 1910s | 213 | #1,175 (1917) | #1,290 |
| 1920s | 353 | #1,114 (1923) | #1,212 |
| 1930s | 253 | #1,175 (1932) | #1,366 |
| 1940s | 247 | #1,275 (1949) | #1,440 |
| 1950s | 503 | #607 (1959) | #1,164 |
| 1960s | 1,624 | #561 (1968) | #610 |
| 1970s | 2,636 | #418 (1979) | #498 |
| 1980s | 4,440 | #373 (1988) | #405 |
| 1990s | 8,080 | #289 (1999) | #323 |
| 2000s | 11,969 | #253 (2007) | #273 |
| 2010s | 9,793 | #291 (2011) | #344 |
| 2020s | 4,092 | #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 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 142,962 of them was named Fabian, which outranked 55.1% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,459Yetunde13
- #5,459Young13
- #5,459Yuko13
- #5,757Fabian12
- #5,757Adreanna12
- #5,757Adrena12
- #5,757Adrienna12
- #6,156Aaren11
- #6,156Aarica11
- #6,156Abeer11
Tied with 398 names at #5,757; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 3,829 of them was named Fabian, which outranked 95.1% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).