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Fable

#3,177 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

English word name: fable

Fable has been given to 346 babies in the U.S. since 2008. In 2025 it ranked #3,177 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 50 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% girls, 10% boys all-time.

Babies named Fable, 2025

1 in 66,300

Fable over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Fable over time

In 2025, Fable went to 79% girls and 21% boys.

20082025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Fable: meaning, origin, and history

English word name: fable

English

What Fable means

Fable is documented as an English vocabulary word adopted as a personal name. Its immediate reference is the word fable; the cited entry discusses the word history separately from its use as a given name.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 311 girls were recorded with the name Fable between 2008 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 50 in 2025; its best national rank was #3,177 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,421 in 2020 to #3,177 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,388 in 2015 to #3,177 in 2025.

In the United States, 35 boys were recorded with the name Fable between 2012 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2025; its best national rank was #6,570 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,647 in 2020 to #6,570 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Fable?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 66,300
50 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 32,100
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#3,177
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
45,959 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Fable sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 45,959 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Fable. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Fables were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Fable was born before 2021 — so the typical Fable is around 4 today.

Median birth year
2021
About 4 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
57.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
311
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Choose a decade

2020s — 57.6% of all recorded uses (179).

Is Fable rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+540
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+3,244
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+4,211
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
3.13×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (50)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,177
2025

Spellings of Fable

Fable is not the most common spelling — Faye is, with 26.1% against Fable's 0.11%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Fable is used

Across 1910–2025, Fable was most concentrated in Indiana — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,147,832 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1Indiana1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Fable has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Fable around the world

Where Fable ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2015–2025
    #3,333
    in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Fable by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,177
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,244
Best rank ever
#3,177
2025
Peak year
2025
50 that year
First recorded
2008
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
311
Count in 2025
50

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,570
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 6,077
Best rank ever
#6,570
2025
Peak year
2025
13 that year
First recorded
2012
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
35
Count in 2025
13

Names similar to Fable

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Fable

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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