Names / Boy names
Alban
Current rank
#10,741
holding steady
All-time peak
#1,602
in 1915
First recorded
1912
in U.S. data
Children named
1,000
since 1912
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #1,602 in 1915 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Alban first shows up in American naming records in 1912, where it reads as a boys' name. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Roughly 1,000 people have been given the name to date — a true rarity.