Alban
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning from Alba, the white city.
Babies a year
11
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2133
11 babies
Alban by the numbers
In 2025, 11 babies in England and Wales were named Alban. In the US, 8 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 25 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alban. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Alanfair or handsome2,441 in the US (2017)
- Albadawn; white472 in England and Wales (2025)
- Allanfair, handsome; variant of Alan301 in the US (2017)
- Albinwhite; a form of albus4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aabanmonth of august in zoroastrian calendar11 in the US (2017)
- Altanred or crimson10 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean white
Like Alban, each of these has white in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Gavinwhite hawk4,134 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Finnfair or white706 in England and Wales (2025)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
- Arjunbright; shining; white136 in England and Wales (2025)
- Gannonfair-haired, pale301 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Alban
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