girls:
220 births since 2008
#5496 (4th percentile)
boys:
22 births since 2012
#4564 (0th percentile)
overall:
242 births since 2008
#7497 (3rd percentile)
The name Fable is the #7,497 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 242 recorded births since 2008. This represents the 3.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,496 (3.8% percentile) for all time with 220 births since 2008. For boys, it ranks #4,564 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 22 births since 2012.
Fable first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2008 (2008 for girls and 2012 for boys). Birth data for Fable is available in 15 out of the 16 years between 2008 and 2023 (15 years for girls and 4 years for boys). 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 Fable has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 90.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 84.4% of babies named Fable were girls.
For girls, Fable reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #925) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Fable is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #925 (2.3% percentile) with 15 births per million.
For boys, Fable reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #928) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Fable ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 73.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Fable".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Fable is pronounced as FAY-buhl, which has 2 syllables.
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