Korban
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOR-ban
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Korban is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “offering to God”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Korban mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew word; also a spelling of Corbin
“offering to God”
In Mark 7:11, Corban is a gift dedicated to God.
Is Korban a girl's or a boy's name?
Korban is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Korban in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 18 boys.
Half of all the boys named Korban in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Korban in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,030 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
How popular is Korban in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Korban, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2017, with 42 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Korban in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 861 boys in the US were given Korban or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #386, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
Korban in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 30 | #3,633 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 42 | #2,839 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 31 | #3,454 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
Names like Korban
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kian Kayden Aiden Finn Ronan Rowan Ethan Lochlan Logan Declan Caelan Dylan
Other spellings of Korban
Names related to Korban
More Hebrew names
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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, “Korban: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/korban, updated 20 October 2026.