Joban

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Joban: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Joban: Recorded since 2005, it reached #2,039 in 2011, and it stood at #2,443 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#2039highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2005–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#3849
2007	#4333
2008	#3687
2009	#2544
2010	#2629
2011	#2039
2012	#2721
2013	#2216
2014	#3362
2015	#3908
2016	#2335
2017	#3040
2018	#2259
2019	#2728
2020	#2960
2021	#3451
2023	#2546
2024	#2443

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 18 of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2005–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #3849 among boys in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2005–2024
Highest recorded position: #2039 among boys in England and Wales, in 2011 (recorded 2005–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2443 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Joban by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Joban in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	17	4 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	73	10 of 10	7
2020s	28	4 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Joban appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2039 in England and Wales in 2011.

Joban's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2216	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2039	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2005 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,039, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
15 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,443position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 2011Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Joar · #165, 81y
Joash · #1744, 26y
Jobe · #976, 28y
Jobie · #1889, 16y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Dharam · #2039, 17y
Ruban · #2039, 17y
Avalyn · #2040, 16y
Brie · #2040, 13y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Dharam · #2039, 17y
Ruban · #2039, 17y
Avalyn · #2040, 16y
Deia · #2040, 17y

Joban and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Joban without appearing here.

Joban moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Einar Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4333 and #4333 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2039 and #4647.
Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3908 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2335 and #4810.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2216 and #4685.

Moved the same way as Joban

Aksel Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Joban went from #4333 to #2443 and Aksel from #3589 to #1132.
Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Joban went from #4333 to #2443 and Matheo from #4333 to #1517.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2039 in England and Wales in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Joban

Joban at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Joban by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Joban appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Joban and the names beside it

Joban moved ahead of

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Joban at a glance

Joban by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Joban appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Joban and the names beside it

Joban moved ahead of

Moved the same way as Joban