Favian
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- fah-vee-AHN
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #4,138 for boys
Favian is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “of the Fabius family”. In 2025 it ranked 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Favian mean?
Latin: Spanish variant of Fabian
“of the Fabius family”
Saint Fabian was a 3rd-century pope who was martyred under the emperor Decius.
Is Favian a girl's or a boy's name?
Favian is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Favian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,138among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Favian, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 114 boys. It first appears in the records in 1961.
2025 had fewer boys named Favian than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Favian in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Favian in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 33 | #3,453 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,053 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,342 |
| 2021 | 36 | #3,240 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 31 | #3,568 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,053 |
| 2017 | 33 | #3,376 |
| 2016 | 49 | #2,550 |
| 2015 | 47 | #2,599 |
| 2014 | 61 | #2,203 |
| 2013 | 71 | #1,941 |
| 2012 | 80 | #1,831 |
| 2011 | 81 | #1,779 |
| 2010 | 90 | #1,697 |
| 2009 | 82 | #1,808 |
| 2008 | 87 | #1,736 |
| 2007 | 109 | #1,464 |
| 2006 | 114 | #1,391 |
| 2005 | 109 | #1,371 |
| 2004 | 102 | #1,392 |
| 2003 | 107 | #1,304 |
| 2002 | 108 | #1,255 |
| 2001 | 101 | #1,294 |
| 2000 | 93 | #1,358 |
| 1999 | 86 | #1,371 |
| 1998 | 69 | #1,543 |
| 1997 | 66 | #1,547 |
| 1996 | 64 | #1,549 |
| 1995 | 79 | #1,314 |
| 1994 | 54 | #1,659 |
| 1993 | 71 | #1,353 |
| 1992 | 64 | #1,424 |
| 1991 | 58 | #1,496 |
| 1990 | 78 | #1,247 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,100 |
| 1988 | 34 | #1,904 |
| 1987 | 34 | #1,861 |
| 1986 | 38 | #1,661 |
| 1985 | 29 | #1,974 |
| 1984 | 23 | #2,231 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,156 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
| 1976 | 22 | #2,112 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
Names like Favian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finnegan Keegan Brayden Kian Finn Killian Aiden Declan Kayden Finnian Brody Fabian
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Favian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/favian, updated 20 October 2026.