How rare is the name Fabiola?

23,548 people in the United States have the first name Fabiola, about 1 in 12,826. It ranks #1,440 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

FABIOLA

#1,440

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
23,548
About
1 in 12,826
This common or more
74.7%
Who bears it

Of the 23,548 people named Fabiola, 91.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 4.9% as Black and 3% as White. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Fabiola peaked in 1996, when 327 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18922025
Peak year
1996
Births that year
327
In 2025*
53 ▼84%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 9,429 babies have been given the name since 1892. 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.

Fabiola by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,344. The largest share of babies named Fabiola, 39.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1890s#3,08716
1900s#3,41524
1910s#5,53056
1920s#5,007111
1930s#4,490108
1940s#6,60556
1950s#6,63579
1960s#4,650180
1970s#2,454671
1980s#1,8421,333
1990s#1,3442,879
2000s#1,7642,457
2010s#3,2911,122
2020s#5,178337
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–271.6%
Silent Generation 1928–451.7%
Baby boom 1946–641.9%
Generation X 1965–809.3%
Millennials 1981–9635%
Generation Z 1997–1239.4%
2013 and later10.9%

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 Fabiola is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Fabiola has been most common in California (4.9×), Texas (2.7×), and New Mexico (2.5×), and least common in New Jersey (0.27×).

7,376 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.

Spelled almost the same

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

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