Aban
Boy · AH-bahn · Arabic
Aban is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Aban mean?
Arabic: spelling of Aaban, itself a variant of Aban
Variant of Aban; Aban ibn Uthman, son of the third caliph Uthman, was an early Muslim scholar.
- Say it
- AH-bahn
Meaning borrowed from Aaban.
Is Aban a girl's or a boy's name?
Aban is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aban in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 160% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Aban, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,082nd. Its busiest year was 2013, with 6 boys.
2025 had more boys named Aban than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Aban in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were given Aban or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,523, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
- Abaan 9
- Aban 6
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Aban in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 2 | #6,082 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
Names like Aban
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Aban
Names related to Aban
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