Meaning not yet researched.
Fabian: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 655 in 2025. Its best rank was #253 in 2007.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #253 in 2007; #468 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Fabian in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#468 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2007, at #253.
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Fabian: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 655 boys in 2025. Peak: #253 in 2007 · most boys in one year: 1,396 (2007).
In 2025, 655 US boys were named Fabian, making it the 468th most common boys’ name of the year, down 27 places from #441 in 2024. That is 59 fewer than the 714 boys named Fabian in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #253, reached in 2007. That year also had the most boys given the name: 1,396. For comparison, it was #357 in 2015 and #1,275 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Fabian in 123 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 5 babies. In all, 44,577 US babies have been given the name, 0.7% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 12,003 babies named Fabian.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 7,391 US boys were named Fabian; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 868. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,608 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Fabian ranked highest in New Mexico in 2025, at #137 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Fabio (2,897 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Fabien, Fabion and Fabyan are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Fabien (706), Fabion (193), Fabyan (86), Fabiano (84), Phabian (54), Fabain (49), Faybian (16), Fabin (15), Fabiene (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Fabian in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 22 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 14 | #137 | #159 |
| California | 150 | #250 | #204 |
| Texas | 150 | #265 | #213 |
| Nevada | 11 | #282 | #216 |
| Arizona | 26 | #301 | #176 |
| Colorado | 19 | #333 | #303 |
| Florida | 56 | #350 | #270 |
| Illinois | 28 | #379 | #249 |
| Idaho | 5 | #450 | — |
| Washington | 16 | #455 | #387 |
| Connecticut | 5 | #518 | #412 |
| Alabama | 9 | #543 | — |
| New Jersey | 12 | #584 | #559 |
| Maryland | 8 | #594 | #738 |
| Kansas | 5 | #624 | #481 |
| Indiana | 10 | #637 | #937 |
| New York | 22 | #668 | #461 |
| South Carolina | 6 | #689 | — |
| Louisiana | 6 | #702 | — |
| Georgia | 13 | #725 | #596 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | #732 | #382 |
| Utah | 5 | #734 | #454 |
| Minnesota | 6 | #737 | — |
| Tennessee | 8 | #802 | #696 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #821 | #750 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | #822 | #701 |
| North Carolina | 10 | #836 | #532 |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | #944 | #1,076 |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,140 | #598 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 655 | #468 |
| 2024 | — | — | 714 | #441 |
| 2023 | — | — | 658 | #465 |
| 2022 | — | — | 673 | #457 |
| 2021 | — | — | 684 | #448 |
| 2020 | — | — | 708 | #423 |
| 2019 | — | — | 796 | #393 |
| 2018 | — | — | 810 | #391 |
| 2017 | — | — | 825 | #388 |
| 2016 | — | — | 868 | #377 |
| 2015 | — | — | 943 | #357 |
| 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 | 6 | #16,046 | 1,178 | #289 |
| 2007 | 7 | #14,396 | 1,396 | #253 |
| 2006 | 5 | #18,036 | 1,276 | #271 |
| 2005 | — | — | 1,232 | #270 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,746 | 1,224 | #267 |
| 2003 | 5 | #16,572 | 1,147 | #272 |
| 2002 | — | — | 1,150 | #271 |
| 2001 | 5 | #16,145 | 1,111 | #275 |
| 2000 | — | — | 1,081 | #284 |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,222 | 999 | #289 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,914 | 871 | #317 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,606 | 859 | #310 |
| 1996 | 6 | #12,328 | 799 | #329 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,285 | 719 | #339 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,529 | 773 | #326 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,671 | 828 | #320 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,772 | 709 | #339 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,823 | 756 | #332 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,847 | 767 | #325 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,030 | 594 | #377 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,796 | 542 | #373 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,555 | 496 | #387 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,875 | 481 | #382 |
| 1985 | 9 | #7,137 | 459 | #392 |
| 1984 | 14 | #5,026 | 380 | #426 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,933 | 362 | #432 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,695 | 364 | #443 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,469 | 402 | #411 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,439 | 360 | #433 |
| 1979 | — | — | 365 | #418 |
| 1978 | — | — | 333 | #437 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,777 | 321 | #447 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,737 | 261 | #493 |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,308 | 246 | #511 |
| 1974 | — | — | 233 | #517 |
| 1973 | — | — | 220 | #529 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,567 | 213 | #545 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,726 | 227 | #533 |
| 1970 | — | — | 217 | #552 |
| 1969 | — | — | 191 | #568 |
| 1968 | — | — | 182 | #563 |
| 1967 | — | — | 172 | #577 |
| 1966 | — | — | 177 | #571 |
| 1965 | 6 | #6,020 | 163 | #596 |
| 1964 | — | — | 141 | #652 |
| 1963 | — | — | 133 | #679 |
| 1962 | — | — | 121 | #698 |
| 1961 | — | — | 158 | #629 |
| 1960 | — | — | 186 | #574 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,681 | 161 | #610 |
| 1958 | — | — | 40 | #1,226 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,651 | 48 | #1,104 |
| 1956 | — | — | 36 | #1,289 |
| 1955 | — | — | 47 | #1,092 |
| 1954 | — | — | 38 | #1,219 |
| 1953 | 13 | #3,168 | 30 | #1,387 |
| 1952 | 12 | #3,254 | 37 | #1,216 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,798 | 34 | #1,266 |
| 1950 | 18 | #2,375 | 32 | #1,275 |
| 1949 | — | — | 32 | #1,283 |
| 1948 | — | — | 28 | #1,388 |
| 1947 | — | — | 14 | #2,104 |
| 1946 | — | — | 29 | #1,309 |
| 1945 | — | — | 20 | #1,508 |
| 1944 | — | — | 22 | #1,456 |
| 1943 | — | — | 26 | #1,378 |
| 1942 | — | — | 29 | #1,303 |
| 1941 | — | — | 24 | #1,382 |
| 1940 | — | — | 23 | #1,415 |
| 1939 | — | — | 21 | #1,467 |
| 1938 | — | — | 23 | #1,407 |
| 1937 | — | — | 21 | #1,497 |
| 1936 | — | — | 30 | #1,212 |
| 1935 | — | — | 24 | #1,402 |
| 1934 | — | — | 26 | #1,336 |
| 1933 | — | — | 28 | #1,258 |
| 1932 | — | — | 33 | #1,182 |
| 1931 | — | — | 27 | #1,343 |
| 1930 | — | — | 20 | #1,664 |
| 1929 | — | — | 29 | #1,322 |
| 1928 | — | — | 38 | #1,150 |
| 1927 | — | — | 38 | #1,165 |
| 1926 | — | — | 31 | #1,307 |
| 1925 | — | — | 34 | #1,238 |
| 1924 | — | — | 40 | #1,143 |
| 1923 | — | — | 41 | #1,120 |
| 1922 | — | — | 38 | #1,166 |
| 1921 | — | — | 35 | #1,240 |
| 1920 | — | — | 29 | #1,357 |
| 1919 | — | — | 29 | #1,331 |
| 1918 | — | — | 32 | #1,241 |
| 1917 | — | — | 33 | #1,185 |
| 1916 | — | — | 25 | #1,390 |
| 1915 | — | — | 28 | #1,247 |
| 1914 | — | — | 23 | #1,238 |
| 1913 | — | — | 16 | #1,331 |
| 1912 | — | — | 12 | #1,452 |
| 1911 | — | — | 8 | #1,320 |
| 1910 | — | — | 7 | #1,348 |
| 1909 | — | — | 7 | #1,192 |
| 1908 | — | — | 6 | #1,273 |
| 1905 | — | — | 6 | #1,141 |
| 1904 | — | — | 9 | #831 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,181 |
| 1900 | — | — | 9 | #930 |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #989 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).