Fabian

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Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Origin: German

Meaning

Fabian is the English form of the late Roman name Fabianus. This was a name originally given to those adopted into or descended through the female line from a Roman family named Fabius, that derived from the Latin faba for the broad bean, an important food crop in antiquity.

From Wikipedia

Fabian first appears in the data in 1882 and has been recorded in 122 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2007 with 1,396 babies (rank #253 that year). In 2024 it was given to 711 boys (rank #442). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Fabian

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Fabian yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

43,917
Total babies (all years)
122
Years in the data
1,396
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18825#989
19009#930
19035#1,181
19049#831
19056#1,141
19086#1,273
19097#1,192
19107#1,348
19118#1,320
191212#1,452
191316#1,331
191423#1,238
191528#1,247
191625#1,390
191733#1,185
191832#1,241
191929#1,331
192029#1,357
192135#1,240
192238#1,166
192341#1,120
192440#1,143
192534#1,238
192631#1,307
192738#1,165
192838#1,150
192929#1,322
193020#1,664
193127#1,343
193233#1,182
193328#1,258
193426#1,336
193524#1,402
193630#1,212
193721#1,497
193823#1,407
193921#1,467
194023#1,416
194124#1,382
194229#1,303
194326#1,378
194422#1,456
194520#1,508
194629#1,309
194714#2,104
194828#1,388
194932#1,283
195032#1,275
195134#1,266
195237#1,216
195330#1,387
195438#1,218
195547#1,092
195636#1,289
195748#1,102
195840#1,226
1959161#610
1960186#575
1961158#629
1962121#699
1963133#679
1964141#652
1965163#597
1966177#570
1967172#577
1968182#563
1969191#568
1970217#552
1971227#533
1972214#543
1973220#529
1974233#517
1975246#511
1976261#493
1977321#447
1978333#437
1979365#417
1980360#433
1981402#411
1982364#443
1983362#432
1984380#426
1985459#392
1986481#382
1987495#388
1988542#373
1989594#377
1990767#325
1991756#332
1992709#339
1993828#320
1994773#326
1995719#339
1996799#329
1997859#310
1998871#317
1999999#289
20001,081#284
20011,111#275
20021,150#271
20031,147#272
20041,224#266
20051,232#269
20061,276#271
20071,396#253
20081,178#289
20091,174#283
20101,042#305
20111,198#291
20121,162#298
20131,096#313
20141,053#325
2015942#357
2016868#377
2017825#388
2018810#391
2019796#393
2020708#423
2021684#448
2022672#457
2023658#465
2024711#442