Fabio
Masculine · “bean grower”
Fabio is a Roman family name from the bean — faba — and the Fabii were among the oldest patrician houses.
How old is the name Fabio?
Fabio first appears in US birth records in 1915 — 110 years ago. The typical Fabio alive today was born around 2001, making them about 24 years old. About 2,800 people named Fabio are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Fabio most popular?
Fabio peaked in 1994, reaching #1288 nationally. Today it ranks #2604, 1,316 places below that high. See the whole 1994 chart.
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Where it comes from
From faba to Fabio
The story of Fabio
Rome's grandest families were named for vegetables — Fabius from the bean, Cicero from the chickpea, Lentulus from the lentil — which says something about how the republic saw itself. Fabius Maximus wore Hannibal down by refusing battle, giving English the word 'Fabian'. Fabio is the Italian form and is in current American use.
Meaning
bean grower
From the Roman gens name Fabius, generally derived from faba, 'bean'. Several great Roman families took agricultural names — Cicero from the chickpea, Lentulus from the lentil, Piso from the pea. The Latin is documented and the pattern well attested.
How the name formed
- faba
- Fabius
- Fabio
Related forms: Fabio · Fabio · Fábio
Pronouncing Fabio
FAH-byoh
Two syllables, stress on the first. Italian keeps the io as a single glide.
Nicknames for Fabio
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1915
- Most boys named
- 200698 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1288reached in 1994
- Change vs 2024
- −18.0%50 in 2025, from 61
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Fabio in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Fabio in Italian — same name
- Fabio in Spanish — same name
- Fábio in Portuguese — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, Texas, California.
Fabios among us
people named Fabio are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 34,162 born in 2025 was named Fabio
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Marlow test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Fabio's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Marlow climbed just as high around 1937, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Marlow's path sketches the road Fabio is walking now.
Fabio sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Fabio is headed
Fabio should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Fabio beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Fabio in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That Rome's grandest families were named for vegetables is a first-rate fact.
- That 'Fabian' tactics come from the man who avoided battle is a genuinely good connection.
- Fabi is a warm and usable short form.
- The literal meaning is 'bean'.
- One model is a strong American association.
- English speakers split the io into two syllables.
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Masculine · #2604 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Fabios are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,800 people named Fabio are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Fabio in 2025?
- Fabio ranks #2604 among US boy names in 2025, with 50 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Fabio?
- About 1 in every 34,162 US boys born in 2025 was named Fabio — 50 in all.
- Will my child share the name Fabio with classmates?
- Fabio will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Fabio
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Yahia#2604 · Larson#2604 · Mazin#2604 · Rowe#2604 · Hendrik#2604 · Dayvon#2604 · Kipton#2604 · Finlay#2604
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