Faby

#15,654 in 2025Girls' name

Diminutive of Fabien or Fabienne

Faby has been given to 10 babies in the U.S. since 2015. In 2025 it ranked #15,654 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Faby, 2025

1 in 663,000

Faby over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Faby: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Fabien or Fabienne

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Faby means

Faby is a diminutive of Fabien or Fabienne.

Origin, language, and formation

Faby is used in French.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Fabien and Fabienne.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Faby is pronounced /fa.bi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10 girls were recorded with the name Faby between 2015 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2015; its best national rank was #15,654 in 2025.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #17,313 in 2015 to #15,654 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.

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How common is Faby?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 321,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #15,654; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Faby 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Faby. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Fabys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Faby was born before 2015 — so the typical Faby is around 10 today.

Median birth year: 2015; About 10 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 10; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Faby 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: +1,659; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.00×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2015 (5)
Years since peak: 10; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #15,654; 2025

Spellings of Faby

Faby is not the most common spelling — Mary is, with 72.3% against Faby's <0.01%.

Mary72.3%4,141,481
Amy12.2%701,631
Ruby6.6%376,570
Kay1.7%98,621
Faye1.3%72,142
Abby1.1%61,855
May0.86%49,400
Macy0.57%32,749

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.

Faby by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #15,654
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #15,654; 2025
Peak year: 2015; 5 that year
First recorded: 2015
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 10
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Faby

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

Fabia Haby Saby Fabeha Fabiha Fable Fabiene Fabriana Fabianny Aby Gaby Fabian Fabrienne Magaby Fabianna Fabiana Fabienne Fabiola

Sibling names for Faby

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

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Shyann Halie Allyssa Sydni Sydnie Rhianna

For a brother

Aaden Kale Caesar Brennen Hamilton Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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