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How popular is “Fabian” in the USA?

Number of people named “Fabian” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Fabian” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Fabian” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Fabian” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Fabian” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Fabian” by birth year

This chart shows how “Fabian” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1900 9 0.000019989 9 -100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 -100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 -100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 -100%
1911 8 0.000012417 8 -100%
1912 12 0.000012145 12 -100%
1913 16 0.000014071 16 -100%
1914 23 0.000016239 23 -100%
1915 28 0.00001528 28 -100%
1916 25 0.000012924 25 -100%
1917 33 0.000016444 33 -100%
1918 32 0.000014739 32 -100%
1919 29 0.000013742 29 -100%
1920 29 0.000012817 29 -100%
1921 35 0.000014992 35 -100%
1922 38 0.0000166 38 -100%
1923 41 0.000017807 41 -100%
1924 40 0.000016795 40 -100%
1925 34 0.000014572 34 -100%
1926 31 0.000013502 31 -100%
1927 38 0.000016384 38 -100%
1928 38 0.000016807 38 -100%
1929 29 0.000013229 29 -100%
1930 20 0.000008996 20 -100%
1931 27 0.00001283 27 -100%
1932 33 0.00001563 33 -100%
1933 28 0.000014004 28 -100%
1934 26 0.000012519 26 -100%
1935 24 0.000011484 24 -100%
1936 30 0.00001444 30 -100%
1937 21 0.000009856 21 -100%
1938 23 0.000010395 23 -100%
1939 21 0.000009531 21 -100%
1940 23 0.000009988 23 -100%
1941 24 0.00000985 24 -100%
1942 29 0.000010616 29 -100%
1943 26 0.000009211 26 -100%
1944 22 0.000008178 22 -100%
1945 20 0.000007539 20 -100%
1946 29 0.000009076 29 -100%
1947 14 0.000003886 14 -100%
1948 28 0.00000811 28 -100%
1949 32 0.000009183 32 -100%
1950 50 0.000014272 18 32 -28%
1951 43 0.000011673 9 34 -58%
1952 49 0.000012902 12 37 -51%
1953 43 0.000011158 13 30 -40%
1954 38 0.000009546 38 -100%
1955 47 0.000011706 47 -100%
1956 36 0.000008731 36 -100%
1957 56 0.000013327 8 48 -71%
1958 40 0.000009676 40 -100%
1959 173 0.000041607 12 161 -86%
1960 186 0.000044778 186 -100%
1961 158 0.000038143 158 -100%
1962 121 0.000029985 121 -100%
1963 133 0.000033601 133 -100%
1964 141 0.000036269 141 -100%
1965 169 0.000046615 6 163 -93%
1966 177 0.000050926 177 -100%
1967 172 0.000050664 172 -100%
1968 182 0.000053871 182 -100%
1969 191 0.000054959 191 -100%
1970 217 0.000060169 217 -100%
1971 232 0.000067592 5 227 -96%
1972 220 0.000069997 6 214 -95%
1973 220 0.000072923 220 -100%
1974 233 0.000076645 233 -100%
1975 252 0.00008346 6 246 -95%
1976 266 0.000087664 5 261 -96%
1977 328 0.000103258 7 321 -96%
1978 333 0.000104919 333 -100%
1979 365 0.000109708 365 -100%
1980 366 0.000106256 6 360 -97%
1981 412 0.000119097 10 402 -95%
1982 372 0.000106044 8 364 -96%
1983 373 0.0001077 11 362 -94%
1984 394 0.000112934 14 380 -93%
1985 468 0.000131125 9 459 -96%
1986 493 0.000138597 12 481 -95%
1987 504 0.000139782 9 495 -96%
1988 553 0.00014966 11 542 -96%
1989 601 0.000156329 7 594 -98%
1990 773 0.000195574 6 767 -98%
1991 765 0.000196392 9 756 -98%
1992 722 0.000187959 13 709 -96%
1993 839 0.00022253 11 828 -97%
1994 790 0.0002125 17 773 -96%
1995 729 0.000199063 10 719 -97%
1996 805 0.000220718 6 799 -99%
1997 865 0.000238571 6 859 -99%
1998 876 0.00023816 5 871 -99%
1999 1005 0.000272073 6 999 -99%
2000 1081 0.000285986 1081 -100%
2001 1116 0.000298125 5 1111 -99%
2002 1150 0.000307627 1150 -100%
2003 1152 0.000302973 5 1147 -99%
2004 1230 0.000321912 6 1224 -99%
2005 1232 0.000320429 1232 -100%
2006 1281 0.000323796 5 1276 -99%
2007 1403 0.000350953 7 1396 -99%
2008 1184 0.000301221 6 1178 -99%
2009 1174 0.000307316 1174 -100%
2010 1042 0.000281946 1042 -100%
2011 1198 0.00032752 1198 -100%
2012 1162 0.000317715 1162 -100%
2013 1096 0.000300631 1096 -100%
2014 1053 0.000284105 1053 -100%
2015 942 0.000254532 942 -100%
2016 868 0.000236596 868 -100%
2017 825 0.000230692 825 -100%
2018 810 0.000230382 810 -100%
2019 796 0.000229333 796 -100%
2020 708 0.000211939 708 -100%
2021 684 0.000201892 684 -100%
2022 672 0.000198632 672 -100%
2023 658 0.00019872 658 -100%
2024 711 0.00021361 711 -100%

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  2. Fabain
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  5. Fabia
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  8. Fabianna
  9. Fabianny
  10. Fabiano
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