# Alban (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alban/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “resident of alba” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,000 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,000 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 356, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Albānus (“resident of Alba”) (a mountain region and an ancient city of Latium).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 6,590 |
| 2012 | 25 | 4,005 |
| 2013 | 10 | 7,556 |
| 2014 | 8 | 8,810 |
| 2015 | 18 | 5,065 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,166 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,175 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6,356 |
| 2019 | 8 | 8,921 |
| 2020 | 5 | 12,108 |
| 2021 | 16 | 5,571 |
| 2022 | 6 | 10,918 |
| 2023 | 10 | 7,768 |
| 2024 | 12 | 6,850 |
| 2025 | 6 | 10,741 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,447 |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,270 |
| 2013 | 11 | 1,920 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,442 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,259 |
| 2019 | 29 | 974 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,595 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,781 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2024 | 14 | 1,758 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,133 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Albà
- Danish: Alban
- Dutch: Alban
- French: Alban
- German: Alban
- Italian: Albano
- Latin: Albanus
- Norwegian: Alban
- Portuguese: Albano
- Spanish: Albano
- Swedish: Alban

## People named Alban

- Alban Berg, Austrian composer (1885–1935)
- Saint Alban, British protomartyr
- Alban Lafont, French-Ivorian footballer (born 1999)
- Alban Hoxha, Albanian professional footballer
- Alban Bushi, Albanian footballer
- Alban Meha, Albanian footballer
- Alban Butler, English Roman Catholic priest and hagiographer (1710-1773)
- Alban Roe, English Benedictine martyr
- Alban Stolz, German Catholic theology professor, writer and educationalist (1808–1883)
- Alban Ukaj, Bosnian actor
- Alban Ceray, Franco-Monégasque pornographic actor
- Alban Lenoir, French actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.