Fabien
Fabien is both a French given masculine name and a French surname. Notable people with the name include:
- French
Meaning & Origin of Fabien
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Fabien is both a French given masculine name and a French surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Fabien
Fabien first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1961, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2008: 32 births, good for #3,421 nationwide. About 35% of every Fabien on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Fabien last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 11 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 694 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Fabien
Fabien is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1961 and has accumulated 694 births in the dataset. Fabien's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #3,421. Use the chart and map above to compare Fabien's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.