boys:
683 births since 1961
#3904 (15th percentile)
overall:
683 births since 1961
#7056 (9th percentile)
The name Fabien is the #7,056 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 683 recorded births since 1961. This represents the 8.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,904 (14.8% percentile) for all time with 683 births since 1961.
Fabien first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1961 (first recorded for boys in 1961). Birth data for Fabien is available in 47 out of the 63 years between 1961 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Fabien reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 3.0% percentile (ranked #880) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 15 births per million (ranked 3.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Fabien ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 26.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Fabien".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Fabien. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 26.2% confident that Fabien is pronounced as FA-bee-uhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is FAY-bee-uhn, at 23.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like F AE1 B IY0 AH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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