Abdallah vs Alban
Abdallah and Albancompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
England and Wales · Boys
In 2025, Abdallah was ranked #1153 and Alban #2133 among boys in England and Wales.
Abdallah and Alban over time
Abdallah and Alban appear together in 1 published list, across 28 years of shared records. Abdallah held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Alban in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Abdallah reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Alban in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Abdallah and Alban changed places 14 times in England and Wales · Boys between 1998 and 2025, ending at #1153 and #2133.
List by list
England and Wales · Boys28 shared years, 1998–2025
Abdallah held the stronger position in 19 of those years, Alban in 4.
Highest recorded here: Abdallah #833 in 2015, Alban #974 in 2019.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Abdallah #1153, Alban #2133.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Abdallah | Alban |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | male | male |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 3 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE, NO | GB-ENW |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Boys #1153 (2025) | England and Wales · Boys #2133 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 76/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Abdallah has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Alban.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW.
How each name got here
Abdallah
Popularity journey
First recorded1979
First recorded at #603 among boys in Norway in 1979 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #1153 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys
Alban
Popularity journey
First recorded1997
First recorded at #1761 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2025
Highest recorded position: #974 among boys in England and Wales, in 2019 (recorded 1997–2025).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #2133 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys