Liban
Boy · lee-BAHN · Somali
Liban is a boys' name of Somali origin, meaning “success, triumph”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Liban mean?
Somali: Somali Liibaan
“success, triumph”
A Somali boys' name, also spelled Liibaan, linked to the Somali word for succeeding or prospering.
- Say it
- lee-BAHN
Is Liban a girl's or a boy's name?
Liban is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Liban in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Liban in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Liban in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 15 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,547 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,487 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,494 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,272 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,151 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,369 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,057 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,142 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,259 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,412 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Liban in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Liban, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
2025 had fewer boys named Liban than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Liban in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Liban in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
Names like Liban
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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