# Fabien (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/fabien/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 706 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 706 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 286, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 4,873 |
| 2012 | 20 | 4,751 |
| 2013 | 15 | 5,746 |
| 2014 | 18 | 5,118 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,660 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9,106 |
| 2017 | 12 | 6,816 |
| 2018 | 11 | 7,284 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,142 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,037 |
| 2021 | 12 | 6,834 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,522 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,071 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7,412 |
| 2025 | 12 | 6,921 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 16 | 1,403 |
| 2009 | 11 | 1,859 |
| 2010 | 14 | 1,620 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,507 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Fabien

- Fabien Barthez, French footballer (born 1971)
- Fabien Claude, French biathlete
- Fabien Causeur, French basketball player (born 1987)
- Fabien Frankel, English actor
- Fabien Lemoine, French footballer
- Fabien Roussel, French politician (born 1969)
- Fabien Gilot, French swimmer
- Fabien Audard, French association football player
- Fabien Grellier, French road cyclist
- Fabien Farnolle, Beninese and French footballer
- Fabien Centonze, French association football player
- Fabien Galthié, French rugby union coach and former player

## 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.