# Albin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/albin/  
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 | “white”, “elf friend” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,431 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,431 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 102, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Early saints' name, from the Roman cognomen Albīnus, derivative of Latin albus (“white”). In the case of individuals from Germanic nations, partly also from Germanic (cf. Albwin (literally “elf friend”)), of which Alvin is the native English form.

## What it means

Albin is grouped under friend and white.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 15 | 5,748 |
| 2011 | 15 | 5,682 |
| 2012 | 17 | 5,260 |
| 2013 | 8 | 8,815 |
| 2014 | 12 | 6,647 |
| 2015 | 19 | 4,896 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,168 |
| 2017 | 15 | 5,802 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6,357 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7,194 |
| 2020 | 14 | 5,994 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,335 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8,954 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,003 |
| 2025 | 14 | 6,159 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2,578 |
| 2005 | 8 | 1,991 |
| 2006 | 9 | 1,892 |
| 2007 | 9 | 2,023 |
| 2008 | 9 | 2,097 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Albí
- Danish: Albin
- Dutch: Albin
- Finnish: Alpo
- French: Albin
- German: Albin
- Irish: Ailbín
- Italian: Albino
- Latin: Albīnus
- Norwegian: Albin
- Portuguese: Albino, Alvino
- Russian: Альби́н
- Spanish: Albino
- Swedish: Albin

## People named Albin

- Albin Pelak, Bosnian association football player
- Albin Stenroos, Finnish long distance runner (1889–1971)
- Albin Lermusiaux, French athlete (1874-1940)
- Hanns Albin Rauter, German general (1895-1949)
- Albin Vidović, Croatian handball player (1943–2018)
- Albín Brunovský, Czechoslovak graphic, illustrator and painter (1935-1997)
- Albin Egger-Lienz, Austrian painter (1868-1926)
- Albinus of Angers, French abbot and bishop
- Albin Kitzinger, German footballer (1912-1970)
- Albin Dunajewski, Catholic cardinal (1817-1894)
- Albin Granlund, Finnish association football player
- David Albin Zywiec Sidor, American bishop (1947-2020)

## 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.