Fabian

maleStatistical record

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

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

Fabian: Recorded since 1967, it reached #110 in 2005, and it stood at #223 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
132times a registrar ranked it
59years from first to last
#110highest recorded position
22groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#365
1997	#383
1998	#386
1999	#481
2000	#453
2001	#378
2002	#436
2003	#371
2004	#466
2005	#471
2006	#416
2007	#381
2008	#378
2009	#406
2010	#321
2011	#295
2012	#299
2013	#266
2014	#288
2015	#270
2016	#274
2017	#294
2018	#311
2019	#323
2020	#311
2021	#416
2022	#404
2023	#550
2024	#538

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 Republic of Ireland in 39 of the 59 years from 1967 to 2025.

In 2025: #223 among boys in Norway, #509 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1967–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1967
First recorded at #265 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1967 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1971–2025
Highest recorded position: #110 among boys in Norway, in 2005 (recorded 1971–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #223 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Fabian appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, with 51 ranked years and 1,362 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1967.

Fabian across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Fabian's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#265 (1967)	#214 (2017)	#509 (2025)	39 of 59	364 (1967–2025)	26 (2017)
Norway · Boys	#551 (1971)	#110 (2005)	#223 (2025)	51 of 55	1,362 (1971–2025)	70 (2005)
England and Wales · Boys	#365 (1996)	#266 (2013)	#538 (2024)	29 of 29	3,059 (1996–2024)	190 (2015)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#307 (2005)	#188 (2013)	#272 (2023)	13 of 19	65 (2005–2023)	12 (2013)

Fabian by decade in Norway · 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 Fabian in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	27	5 of 10	5
1980s	114	10 of 10	11
1990s	292	10 of 10	29
2000sbusiest	489	10 of 10	49
2010s	314	10 of 10	31
2020s	126	6 of 10	21

Across Norway · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 49 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2007 and 2008, when recorded births fell by 32, from 57 to 25.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Fabian 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 4 regions, from 1967 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #110 in Norway in 2005.

Fabian'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	#538	71	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#550	69	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#404	105	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#416	102	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#311	148	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#323	146	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#311	152	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#294	169	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#274	190	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#270	190	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#288	160	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#266	180	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#299	152	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#295	149	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#321	138	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#406	95	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#378	100	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#381	95	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#416	80	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#471	60	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#466	57	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#371	72	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#436	51	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#378	63	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#453	45	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#481	42	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#386	58	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#383	59	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#365	61	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#272	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#319	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#318	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#314	5	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#315	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#188	12	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#245	7	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#223	19	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#261	16	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#234	19	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#196	23	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#166	29	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#205	20	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#235	20	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#261	17	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#205	25	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#159	37	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#171	35	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#182	31	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#198	28	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#149	43	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#143	47	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#180	31	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#159	40	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#214	25	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#127	57	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#135	54	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#110	70	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#131	54	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#122	55	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#150	41	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#134	49	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#157	44	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#146	47	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#142	49	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#180	33	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#258	18	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#214	26	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#211	29	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#213	28	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#252	22	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#257	21	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#270	19	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#253	21	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#294	16	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#491	7	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#261	21	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#350	13	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#614	4	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#362	12	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#437	9	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#491	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#629	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#568	5	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#444	8	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#547	5	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#583	4	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#551	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	14	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	18	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#370	10	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	17	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	26	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#224	24	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	16	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#246	22	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	19	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#243	22	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#308	14	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#284	16	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#247	21	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	13	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#374	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	7	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#370	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#339	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	4	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#255	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#293	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#291	3	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 4 registrars between 1967 and 2025, ranked in 58 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #110, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 190 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1971, and 38 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.

Faatima · #2350, 24y
Faatimah · #1093, 29y
Fabien · #500, 26y
Fabiha · #1319, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Conal · #109, 62y
Hubert · #108, 60y
Noelle · #105, 62y
Lloyd · #99, 55y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Conal · #109, 62y
Dominick · #111, 57y
Dympna · #109, 29y
Veronika · #111, 58y

Fabian was ranked #110 in Norway · Boys in 2005. 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.

Fabian 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 Fabian without appearing here.

Fabian moved ahead of

Connor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #520 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #509 and #829.
Kenneth Compare
In 2002 they stood at #436 and #411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #371 and #633.
Sean Compare
In 2021 they stood at #416 and #412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #404 and #577.
Bruce Compare
In 2022 they stood at #454 and #454 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #303 and #472.

Moved ahead of Fabian

Kai Compare
In 2001 they stood at #337 and #382 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2002 that had become #451 and #226.
Jude Compare
In 1998 they stood at #386 and #415 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #481 and #261.
Ollie Compare
In 2003 they stood at #371 and #377 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #466 and #255.
Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #383 and #484 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #386 and #182.

Moved the opposite way to Fabian

Adam Compare
Between 1967 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fabian went from #265 to #509 while Adam went from #245 to #20.
Alexander Compare
Between 1967 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fabian went from #265 to #509 while Alexander went from #137 to #55.
Cian Compare
Between 1967 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fabian went from #265 to #509 while Cian went from #187 to #33.
Conor Compare
Between 1967 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fabian went from #265 to #509 while Conor went from #48 to #16.

Moved the same way as Fabian

Denis Compare
Between 1967 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fabian went from #265 to #509 and Denis from #27 to #232.
Frank Compare
Between 1967 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fabian went from #265 to #509 and Frank from #142 to #286.
George Compare
Between 1967 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fabian went from #265 to #509 and George from #64 to #112.
Jan Compare
Between 1967 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fabian went from #265 to #509 and Jan from #245 to #372.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 4 regions, from 1967 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #110 in Norway in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Fabian

Fabian at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Fabian across 4 official records

Fabian by decade in Norway · Boys

Fabian appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Fabian

Fabian and the names beside it

Fabian moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Fabian

Moved the opposite way to Fabian

Moved the same way as Fabian

Fabian at a glance

Fabian across 4 official records

Fabian by decade in Norway · Boys

Fabian appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Fabian

Fabian and the names beside it

Fabian moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Fabian

Moved the opposite way to Fabian

Moved the same way as Fabian