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 | — | — | ||
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| 1900 | — | #902 | 9 | |
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| 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.
Where Fabian is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Mexico#199 · 1 in 981
- California#345 · 1 in 2,944
- New Jersey#352 · 1 in 4,172
- Texas#358 · 1 in 2,728
- Arizona#402 · 1 in 3,388
Best ever in a state: #83 in New Mexico, 2000.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #199 | 9 | 1 in 981 |
| California | #345 | 51 | 1 in 2,944 |
| New Jersey | #352 | 11 | 1 in 4,172 |
| Texas | #358 | 39 | 1 in 2,728 |
| Arizona | #402 | 5 | 1 in 3,388 |
| Mississippi | #415 | 5 | 1 in 3,984 |
| New York | #415 | 25 | 1 in 4,875 |
| Florida | #554 | 7 | 1 in 7,213 |
| Georgia | #559 | 5 | 1 in 8,106 |
| Illinois | #606 | 9 | 1 in 9,193 |
| Ohio | #669 | 5 | 1 in 16,275 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 253,541 of them was named Fabian, which outranked 24.6% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,558Yukiko7
- #6,558Zorina7
- #6,558Zully7
- #7,292Fabian6
- #7,292Adonia6
- #7,292Afua6
- #7,292Aggie6
- #8,292Aarona5
- #8,292Abigale5
- #8,292Adabel5
Tied with 999 names at #7,292; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 7,613 of them was named Fabian, which outranked 90.5% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).