Fabien

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Fabien: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Fabien: Recorded since 1996, it reached #500 in 2003, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#500highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1337
1997	#2859
1998	#1642
1999	#1664
2000	#953
2001	#910
2002	#1253
2003	#1053
2004	#1077
2005	#1190
2006	#1280
2007	#1440
2008	#1403
2009	#1859
2010	#1620
2011	#2390
2012	#1507
2013	#2216
2015	#2150
2016	#2556
2017	#3040
2018	#2445
2019	#3411
2020	#2228
2022	#3449
2024	#5119

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2003: #500 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1053 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1337 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Fabien by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Fabien in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	26	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	156	10 of 10	16
2010s	84	9 of 10	9
2020s	17	3 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Fabien appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #500 in Republic of Ireland in 2003.

Fabien's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2216	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1507	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1403	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1440	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1280	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1190	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1077	18	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1053	17	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1253	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#910	18	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#953	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1664	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1337	9	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #500, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2001.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 7 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Faatimah · #1093, 29y
Fabian · #110, 58y
Fabiha · #1319, 29y
Fabio · #321, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Abdel · #500, 26y
Arif · #500, 29y
Ata · #500, 23y
Basit · #500, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abdel · #500, 26y
Arif · #500, 29y
Ayobami · #500, 18y
Ayoola · #500, 13y

Fabien was ranked #500 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2003. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Fabien and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Fabien without appearing here.

Fabien moved ahead of

Morten Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2390 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2150 and #4747.
Graeme Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1664 and #1281 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #953 and #2501.
Kim Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1642 and #1367 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #1664 and #2943.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2000 they stood at #953 and #881 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #910 and #1595.

Moved ahead of Fabien

Daithi Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.
Sander Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3040 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3688.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2104.
Hans Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2228 and #2960 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #2320.

Moved the opposite way to Fabien

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fabien went from #1337 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fabien went from #1337 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fabien went from #1337 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fabien went from #1337 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Fabien

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fabien went from #1337 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fabien went from #1337 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fabien went from #1337 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fabien went from #1337 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #500 in Republic of Ireland in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Fabien

Fabien at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Fabien by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Fabien at a glance

Fabien by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Fabien and the names beside it

Fabien moved ahead of

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