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Fabien

Gender
Boy
Say it
FAY-bee-an
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#5,065 for boys
US rank, 2025
#6,799 for boys

Fabien is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).

What does Fabien mean?

Latin: spelling of Fabian; 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.

Meaning borrowed from Fabian. More on Wiktionary.

Is Fabien a girl's or a boy's name?

Fabien is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Fabien in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#5,065among boys
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 100,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling fastdown 75% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Fabien, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 18 boys.

Half of all the boys named Fabien in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2012. 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 Fabien or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #521, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 18 in 20012025
Fabien in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20253#5,065
20243#5,198
20230–
20225#3,639
20210–
20209#2,359
20196#3,184
20189#2,388
20176#3,191
20168#2,690
201510#2,260
20140–
20139#2,334
201216#1,622
20118#2,503
201015#1,654
200911#1,959
200816#1,490
200715#1,540
200618#1,256
200517#1,267
200418#1,140
200317#1,124
200212#1,312
200118#978
200016#1,021
19997#1,749
19987#1,727
19973#2,979
19969#1,394

How popular is Fabien in the US?

Rank in 2025
#6,799among boys
Babies in 2025
12about 1 in 140,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Fabien, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1961.

Half of all the boys named Fabien in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 667 boys in the US were given Fabien or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #467, up from #6,799 for this spelling alone.

1961Busiest: 32 in 20082025
Fabien in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202512#6,799
202411#7,252
20237#9,757
20229#8,293
202112#6,693
20206#10,599
20198#8,883
201811#7,132
201712#6,681
20168#8,811
201510#7,486
201418#5,062
201315#5,655
201220#4,682
201119#4,820
201018#5,044
200924#4,158
200832#3,419
200730#3,509
200630#3,449
200525#3,706
200424#3,731
200327#3,361
200214#5,124
200124#3,507
200015#4,779
199923#3,372
199814#4,645
199719#3,596
19969#5,975
199516#3,848
199415#4,088
199316#3,812
199213#4,319
199114#3,998
199011#4,667
198915#3,612
19888#5,194
198711#3,954
19869#4,453
198513#3,398
198414#3,105
19835#6,234
19825#6,383
19810–
198011#3,614
19795#6,054
19788#4,155
19776#5,121
19760–
19750–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19700–
19690–
19680–
19670–
19660–
19650–
19640–
19630–
19620–
19615#4,063

Names like Fabien

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Fabien

Names related to Fabien

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Fabien: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fabien, updated 20 October 2026.