Alban
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AWL-ban
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Alban is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “from Alba”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Alban mean?
Latin: from the Roman name Albanus
“from Alba”
Saint Alban, the first recorded British Christian martyr, gave his name to the city of St Albans.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Alban a girl's or a boy's name?
Alban is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alban in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,202nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Alban, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,581st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 29 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Alban than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Alban in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were given Alban or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,523, up from #2,202 for this spelling alone.
- Alban 11
- Albin 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Alban in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,454 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,547 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,581 |
| 2019 | 29 | #1,061 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,403 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,476 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,542 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,582 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,378 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,369 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,165 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,188 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
How popular is Alban in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Alban, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Alban in the US since 1880 were born between 1933 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alban in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,184 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,327 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,178 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 17 | #1,911 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 19 | #1,839 |
| 1923 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1921 | 17 | #1,979 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,258 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,599 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,771 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
Names like Alban
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Austin, Roman, Leo, Felix, Max, Arthur, Reuben, Oliver, August, Hudson, Harrison, Archie
Other spellings of Alban
Names related to Alban
More Latin names
Olivia, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony, Camila, Rose
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alban: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alban, updated 20 October 2026.