Alban — #6835 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Alban

The Social Security Administration has registered 994 babies named Alban between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alban currently holds the #6835 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alban performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 150 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Alban shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 54 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Alban in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alban in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 994 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.