Saban

Boy · shah-BAHN · Arabic

Saban is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “eighth month of the Islamic calendar”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).

What does Saban mean?

Arabic: Turkish and Bosnian Şaban, from Arabic Sha'ban

“eighth month of the Islamic calendar”

Sha'ban is the Islamic month that comes just before Ramadan.

Say it: shah-BAHN

Is Saban a girl's or a boy's name?

Saban 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 Saban 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 Saban, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.

Half of all the boys named Saban in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

1997Busiest: 12 in 20172025

Saban in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	6	#10,690
2024	12	#6,827
2023	6	#10,815
2022	11	#7,256
2021	5	#12,141
2020	7	#9,548
2019	11	#7,168
2018	6	#10,754
2017	12	#6,681
2016	10	#7,600
2015	0	–
2014	7	#9,636
2013	11	#7,021
2012	8	#8,858
2011	0	–
2010	8	#8,797
2009	7	#9,859
2008	0	–
2007	7	#9,782
2006	0	–
2005	0	–
2004	7	#8,921
2003	0	–
2002	0	–
2001	0	–
2000	0	–
1999	5	#9,905
1998	0	–
1997	5	#9,259

Names like Saban

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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