# Fabian (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/fabian/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “belonging to fabius” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfeɪ.bi.ən/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 44,577 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 44,250 / 327 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,130, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Fabiānus (“belonging to Fabius”), derived from Fabius + -ānus.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 9 | 8,823 |
| 1992 | 13 | 6,772 |
| 1993 | 11 | 7,671 |
| 1994 | 17 | 5,529 |
| 1995 | 10 | 8,285 |
| 1996 | 6 | 12,328 |
| 1997 | 6 | 12,606 |
| 1998 | 5 | 14,914 |
| 1999 | 6 | 13,222 |
| 2001 | 5 | 16,145 |
| 2003 | 5 | 16,572 |
| 2004 | 6 | 14,746 |
| 2006 | 5 | 18,036 |
| 2007 | 7 | 14,396 |
| 2008 | 6 | 16,046 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,198 | 291 |
| 2012 | 1,162 | 298 |
| 2013 | 1,096 | 313 |
| 2014 | 1,053 | 325 |
| 2015 | 943 | 357 |
| 2016 | 868 | 377 |
| 2017 | 825 | 388 |
| 2018 | 810 | 391 |
| 2019 | 796 | 393 |
| 2020 | 708 | 423 |
| 2021 | 684 | 448 |
| 2022 | 673 | 457 |
| 2023 | 658 | 465 |
| 2024 | 714 | 441 |
| 2025 | 655 | 468 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 149 | 295 |
| 2012 | 152 | 299 |
| 2013 | 180 | 266 |
| 2014 | 160 | 288 |
| 2015 | 190 | 270 |
| 2016 | 190 | 274 |
| 2017 | 169 | 294 |
| 2018 | 152 | 311 |
| 2019 | 146 | 323 |
| 2020 | 148 | 311 |
| 2021 | 102 | 416 |
| 2022 | 105 | 404 |
| 2023 | 69 | 550 |
| 2024 | 71 | 538 |
| 2025 | 71 | 549 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Fabià
- French: Fabien
- German: Fabian
- Hungarian: Fábián
- Italian: Fabiano
- Polish: Fabian
- Portuguese: Fabiano
- Russian: Фабиа́н
- Spanish: Fabián
- Swedish: Fabian

## People named Fabian

- Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Baltic German officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, cartographer and explorer (1778–1852)
- Fabian Delph, English association football player (born 1989)
- Fabian Johnson, American soccer player
- Fabián Orellana, Chilean footballer
- Fabian Ernst, German footballer
- Fabian Hambüchen, German artistic gymnast (born 1987)
- Fabian Hürzeler, German football manager
- Fabian von Schlabrendorff, German jurist, soldier, and member of the resistance against Adolf Hitler (1907-1980)
- Fabián Estay, Chilean footballer
- Fabián Cancelarich, Argentine association football player (1965–2024)
- Fabian Giefer, German footballer
- Fabian, American singer and actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.