Fairbanks — boys' name
11 babies named Fairbanks in U.S. Social Security records since 1904, with the highest year being 1904. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Fairbanks was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Fairbanks in 1904 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Fairbanks
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Fairbanks between 1904 and 1915, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fairbanks currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1915. The name reached its historical peak in 1904, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Fairbanks performed strongest in the 1900s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Fairbanks shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Fairbanks 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 11 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.
Fairbanks at a glance
Last recorded 1915Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Fairbanks popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1904
- Peak year (1904)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1915.
11 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1904 with 6 births in a single year.
Fairbanks by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1900s
- 6 births that decade — 55% of Fairbanks's all-time total
Fairbanks decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1900s was Fairbanks's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1904–1915 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.