Fun Facts About the Name Favian
- More than 2 thousand babies named Favian: U.S. records list 2,845 babies given the name Favian from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Favian Mean?
Favian is a variant of the name Fabian, which descends from the Latin Fabianus, a Roman family name (cognomen) meaning "belonging to Fabius" or "of the Fabius clan." The Fabius family, the gens Fabia, was an old patrician house of Rome whose members appear in the earliest Roman historical tradition. The family name Fabius is traditionally connected with the Latin faba, "bean," so the customary meaning given to Fabian and its variants is "bean grower" or "bean farmer." That bean link is the usual explanation rather than a certainty, and the reason the family carried the name is not known. The v in Favian reflects the pronunciation of the name, not a different root.
Favian Name History & Origins
The name belongs to the group of European names descended from Latin Fabianus. In the Roman world this was a personal name formed from the family name Fabius with the suffix -anus, and it was borne by early Christians. The best known bearer is Pope Fabian, bishop of Rome from 236 until his death in 250 during the persecution under the emperor Decius; his veneration helped carry the name through Christian Europe. Latin Fabianus became Fabien in French, Fabiano in Italian, and Fabián in Spanish, while English uses Fabian. Favian is an English variant spelling of that name, written with v in place of b, and it is far less common than Fabian. It is distinct from the Latin feminine form Fabiana. The related name Fabian also appears in the title of the Fabian Society, the British reform group founded in 1884, whose name refers to the Roman general Fabius Maximus rather than to the given name itself.
How Popular is the Name Favian?
Favian has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2006. Its best rank was #1,255 in 1990.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,169 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2024 | #3,468 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 2023 | #3,072 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 2022 | #3,357 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2021 | #3,259 | 36 | 0.0021% |
| 2020 | #4,182 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2019 | #3,588 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 2018 | #3,064 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 2017 | #3,402 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 2016 | #2,564 | 49 | 0.0026% |
| 2015 | #2,618 | 47 | 0.0025% |
| 2014 | #2,213 | 61 | 0.0032% |
| 2013 | #1,946 | 71 | 0.0038% |
| 2012 | #1,838 | 80 | 0.0042% |
| 2011 | #1,785 | 81 | 0.0043% |
| 2010 | #1,700 | 90 | 0.0047% |
| 2009 | #1,812 | 82 | 0.0041% |
| 2008 | #1,743 | 87 | 0.0043% |
| 2007 | #1,468 | 109 | 0.0053% |
| 2006 | #1,393 | 114 | 0.0055% |
| 2005 | #1,376 | 109 | 0.0055% |
| 2004 | #1,397 | 102 | 0.0051% |
| 2003 | #1,307 | 107 | 0.0054% |
| 2002 | #1,260 | 108 | 0.0056% |
| 2001 | #1,300 | 101 | 0.0052% |
| 2000 | #1,365 | 93 | 0.0047% |
| 1999 | #1,377 | 86 | 0.0045% |
| 1998 | #1,549 | 69 | 0.0036% |
| 1997 | #1,557 | 66 | 0.0035% |
| 1996 | #1,558 | 64 | 0.0034% |
| 1995 | #1,322 | 79 | 0.0041% |
| 1994 | #1,677 | 54 | 0.0028% |
| 1993 | #1,363 | 71 | 0.0036% |
| 1992 | #1,440 | 64 | 0.0032% |
| 1991 | #1,509 | 58 | 0.0029% |
| 1990 | #1,255 | 78 | 0.0038% |
| 1989 | #2,119 | 33 | 0.0016% |
| 1988 | #1,920 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 1987 | #1,874 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 1986 | #1,671 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 1985 | #1,985 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1984 | #2,251 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1983 | #2,831 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1982 | #2,365 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1981 | #2,814 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1980 | #2,130 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1979 | #2,186 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1978 | #2,970 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1977 | #2,695 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1976 | #2,135 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 1975 | #3,512 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1974 | #3,948 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1961 | #3,184 | 8 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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