Recorded 1994–2019 Boys' name Peak 2003 54 births

Phabian — boys' name

54 babies named Phabian in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s112000s272010s16
2000s
Peak decade

50% of everyone ever named Phabian was born in this single decade.

2003
Single peak year

9 babies were named Phabian in 2003 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Phabian

The Social Security Administration has registered 54 babies named Phabian between 1994 and 2019, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Phabian currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Phabian performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Phabian shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Phabian 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 54 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.

Phabian at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

54

Since 1994

26 years of records

Peak year

2003

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1994

Recorded for 26 years

Last year on file: 2019

Phabian popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1994

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2003)
9
Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
45678910 201920132012200620032002200119991994 6

Phabian by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
27 births that decade — 50% of Phabian's all-time total
1990s112000s272010s16

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Phabian?
54 babies have been named Phabian since 1994. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2003 with 9 births.
When was Phabian most popular?
Phabian was most popular in the 2000s decade with 27 total births. The single peak year was 2003.
How long has the name Phabian been used?
Phabian has been recorded in Social Security data since 1994, spanning 26 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Phabian?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Pharaoh, Pharoah, Pharrell, Phares, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1994–2019 (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.