Fabian
Boy · FAY-bee-an · Latin
Fabian is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 573rd for boys in the UK (74 babies) and 468th for boys in the US (655 babies).
What does Fabian mean?
Latin: from the Roman name Fabianus
From the Roman name Fabianus, based on the family name Fabius, possibly from Latin faba, bean; borne by a third-century pope.
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Is Fabian a girl's or a boy's name?
Fabian is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 74 boys in the UK and 655 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fabian in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #573among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 74about 1 in 4,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 74 boys in the UK were named Fabian, making it the 573rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 324th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 211 boys.
Half of all the boys named Fabian in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 77 boys in the UK were given Fabian or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #521, up from #573 for this spelling alone.
- Fabian 74
- Fabien 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 549th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Fabian in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74 | #573 |
| 2024 | 71 | #597 |
| 2023 | 78 | #558 |
| 2022 | 109 | #427 |
| 2021 | 107 | #439 |
| 2020 | 157 | #324 |
| 2019 | 158 | #331 |
| 2018 | 166 | #323 |
| 2017 | 183 | #313 |
| 2016 | 205 | #286 |
| 2015 | 205 | #280 |
| 2014 | 176 | #303 |
| 2013 | 211 | #265 |
| 2012 | 166 | #311 |
| 2011 | 159 | #317 |
| 2010 | 145 | #336 |
| 2009 | 99 | #425 |
| 2008 | 102 | #406 |
| 2007 | 101 | #399 |
| 2006 | 83 | #439 |
| 2005 | 63 | #499 |
| 2004 | 57 | #504 |
| 2003 | 72 | #398 |
| 2002 | 53 | #469 |
| 2001 | 63 | #416 |
| 2000 | 46 | #496 |
| 1999 | 44 | #517 |
| 1998 | 59 | #417 |
| 1997 | 61 | #414 |
| 1996 | 63 | #382 |
How popular is Fabian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #468among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 655about 1 in 2,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 655 boys in the US were named Fabian, making it the 468th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 422nd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 1,396 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882.
2025 had fewer boys named Fabian than any year since 1989.
Half of all the boys named Fabian in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2008, under 1% of the babies named Fabian in the US were girls.
Fabian in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 655 | #468 |
| 2024 | 714 | #441 |
| 2023 | 658 | #465 |
| 2022 | 673 | #457 |
| 2021 | 684 | #448 |
| 2020 | 708 | #422 |
| 2019 | 796 | #393 |
| 2018 | 810 | #391 |
| 2017 | 825 | #388 |
| 2016 | 868 | #377 |
| 2015 | 943 | #356 |
| 2014 | 1,053 | #325 |
| 2013 | 1,096 | #313 |
| 2012 | 1,162 | #298 |
| 2011 | 1,198 | #291 |
| 2010 | 1,042 | #305 |
| 2009 | 1,174 | #283 |
| 2008 | 1,178 | #289 |
| 2007 | 1,396 | #253 |
| 2006 | 1,276 | #271 |
| 2005 | 1,232 | #269 |
| 2004 | 1,224 | #267 |
| 2003 | 1,147 | #272 |
| 2002 | 1,150 | #271 |
| 2001 | 1,111 | #275 |
| 2000 | 1,081 | #284 |
| 1999 | 999 | #289 |
| 1998 | 871 | #317 |
| 1997 | 859 | #310 |
| 1996 | 799 | #329 |
| 1995 | 719 | #339 |
| 1994 | 773 | #326 |
| 1993 | 828 | #320 |
| 1992 | 709 | #339 |
| 1991 | 756 | #332 |
| 1990 | 767 | #325 |
| 1989 | 594 | #377 |
| 1988 | 542 | #373 |
| 1987 | 496 | #387 |
| 1986 | 481 | #382 |
| 1985 | 459 | #392 |
| 1984 | 380 | #425 |
| 1983 | 362 | #431 |
| 1982 | 364 | #443 |
| 1981 | 402 | #411 |
| 1980 | 360 | #433 |
| 1979 | 365 | #418 |
| 1978 | 333 | #437 |
| 1977 | 321 | #447 |
| 1976 | 261 | #493 |
| 1975 | 246 | #509 |
| 1974 | 233 | #517 |
| 1973 | 220 | #529 |
| 1972 | 213 | #544 |
| 1971 | 227 | #533 |
| 1970 | 217 | #552 |
| 1969 | 191 | #568 |
| 1968 | 182 | #561 |
| 1967 | 172 | #577 |
| 1966 | 177 | #571 |
| 1965 | 163 | #595 |
| 1964 | 141 | #651 |
| 1963 | 133 | #678 |
| 1962 | 121 | #697 |
| 1961 | 158 | #626 |
| 1960 | 186 | #570 |
| 1959 | 161 | #606 |
| 1958 | 40 | #1,221 |
| 1957 | 48 | #1,099 |
| 1956 | 36 | #1,284 |
| 1955 | 47 | #1,090 |
| 1954 | 38 | #1,212 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,377 |
| 1952 | 37 | #1,212 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,260 |
| 1950 | 32 | #1,271 |
| 1949 | 32 | #1,274 |
| 1948 | 28 | #1,377 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,075 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,298 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,493 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,437 |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,367 |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,298 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,397 |
| 1939 | 21 | #1,458 |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,397 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,481 |
| 1936 | 30 | #1,205 |
| 1935 | 24 | #1,390 |
| 1934 | 26 | #1,323 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,251 |
| 1932 | 33 | #1,175 |
| 1931 | 27 | #1,333 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,644 |
| 1929 | 29 | #1,312 |
| 1928 | 38 | #1,147 |
| 1927 | 38 | #1,163 |
| 1926 | 31 | #1,296 |
| 1925 | 34 | #1,225 |
| 1924 | 40 | #1,133 |
| 1923 | 41 | #1,114 |
| 1922 | 38 | #1,158 |
| 1921 | 35 | #1,226 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,348 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,321 |
| 1918 | 32 | #1,231 |
| 1917 | 33 | #1,175 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,374 |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,241 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,221 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,310 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,416 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,289 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,313 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | 9 | #810 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 9 | #901 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
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