Fabian — #442 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Fabian

The Social Security Administration has registered 43,590 babies named Fabian between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fabian currently holds the #442 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 1,396 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fabian performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 11,969 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Fabian shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11,890 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Fabian in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fabian in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 43,590 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.