Fabio is a distinctive choice, ranked #2133 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Fabio in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#2133
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About the Name Fabio
Fabio has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 264 places in five years. It was most popular in 1999 at #586 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Fabio is rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Fabio in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Fabio
Fabio Cannavaro — Fabio Cannavaro is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Uzbekistan national team.
Fabio Jakobsen — Fabio Jakobsen is a Dutch cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Picnic–PostNL.
Fabio Badraun — Fabio Badraun is a Swiss bobsledder.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Fabio
Unlikely. With around 11 UK babies named Fabio per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Fabio in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Fabio is declining: down 308 places since 2020, to #2,133 in 2025. It peaked at #586 in 1999.
Fabio is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Fabio include: Fabio Cannavaro, Fabio Jakobsen and Fabio Badraun. Short summaries for each appear below.
Fabio does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Fabios in the wild.
11
UK babies named Fabio (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 308 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Fabio
Almost certainly the only Fabio in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Fabio
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Fabio Grobart was a Marxist-Leninist revolutionary and politician who played an important role in the 1959 Cuban Revolution that overthrew Fulgencio Batista and led to Fidel Castro's rise to power.