girls:
327 births since 1950
#5389 (6th percentile)
boys:
42.9k births since 1882
#541 (88th percentile)
overall:
43.2k births since 1882
#1183 (85th percentile)
The name Fabian is the #1,183 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 43,202 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 84.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 84.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #541 (88.2% percentile) for all time with 42,875 births since 1882. For girls, it ranks #5,389 (5.7% percentile) for all time with 327 births since 1950.
Fabian first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (1882 for boys and 1950 for girls). Birth data for Fabian is available in 121 out of the 142 years between 1882 and 2023 (121 years for boys and 38 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Fabian has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.2% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Fabian reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 71.9% percentile (ranked #249) with 630 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 630 births per million (ranked 71.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2007, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Fabian ranks #419 for boys (54.1% percentile) with 358 births per million, which is 56.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Fabian reached its peak popularity in 1950, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #658) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1950, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2008.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Fabian".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Fabian. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.1% confident that Fabian is pronounced as FAY-bee-uhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is FA-bee-uhn, at 11.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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