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How popular is the name Alban?
Births per year, rank history and how many Albans are alive today.
Alban (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2133rd in 2025 and given to 11 babies. The name peaked in 2019, when 29 babies were given the name, the 974th most popular that year. It has declined since 2019; the 2025 figure is roughly 38% of its peak.
The Alban you are most likely to meet is around 6 years old. Half of all Albans born in England and Wales are between 7 and 22, and there are at least 390 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Alban - on average, only one in every 777 such rooms contains a Alban.
How many babies are named Alban each year?
Where does Alban rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Alban most popular?
Alban peaked in 2019, when 29 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Alban?
At least 390 people named Alban born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Alban?
Most living Albans are between 7 and 22; the most common age is about 6.
Is Alban becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2019 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.