How rare is the name Fabian?

43,046 people in the United States have the first name Fabian, about 1 in 7,016. It ranks #1,001 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

FABIAN

#1,001

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
43,046
About
1 in 7,016
This common or more
70.1%
Who bears it

Of the 43,046 people named Fabian, 84.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 7.6% as Black and 6% as White. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Fabian peaked in 2007, when 1,403 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18822025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
1,403
In 2025*
655 ▼53%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 44,577 babies have been given the name since 1882. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Fabian by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #546. The largest share of babies named Fabian, 40.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#3,1215
1900s#2,85242
1910s#2,566213
1920s#2,408353
1930s#2,696253
1940s#3,010247
1950s#2,232575
1960s#1,3741,630
1970s#1,1072,665
1980s#8664,537
1990s#6658,169
2000s#54612,003
2010s#6759,793
2020s#9194,092
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–271.2%
Silent Generation 1928–451%
Baby boom 1946–643.2%
Generation X 1965–808.8%
Millennials 1981–9621.5%
Generation Z 1997–1240.7%
2013 and later23.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Fabian is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Fabian has been most common in New Mexico (5.4×), Arizona (4×), and Nevada (3.8×), and least common in Ohio (0.08×).

40,511 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Fabian

#999 Jana · 43,056#1,000 Zach · 43,052#1,002 Eliana · 43,043#1,003 Axel · 42,999

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Fabian, most common first.

#4,103 Fabiana · 4,700#6,158 Favian · 2,632#10,507 Fabien · 1,264#15,783 Fabiano · 724#33,752 Fabiane · 244#34,154 Fabion · 240#41,133 Fabin · 179

Also a last name

As a last name, Fabian ranks #2,699 of 156,621, with 13,044 people. See Fabian as a last name

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