Alban

maleStatistical record

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

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

Alban: Recorded every year since 1997, it reached #974 in 2019, and it stood at #1,758 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#974highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#1761
1998	#2074
1999	#1130
2000	#1241
2001	#1379
2002	#2254
2003	#1629
2004	#1596
2005	#2418
2006	#1892
2007	#2435
2008	#1294
2009	#1494
2010	#2199
2011	#1447
2012	#1270
2013	#1920
2014	#1819
2015	#1442
2016	#1363
2017	#2324
2018	#2259
2019	#974
2020	#1635
2021	#1595
2022	#1781
2023	#1610
2024	#1758

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 every year from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

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 recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #974 among boys in England and Wales, in 2019 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1758 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Alban 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 Alban in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	23	3 of 10	8
2000s	100	10 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	151	10 of 10	15
2020s	71	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

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

Alban 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #974 in England and Wales in 2019.

Alban'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	#1758	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1781	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1635	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#974	29	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1442	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1819	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1270	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1447	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1494	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1294	18	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1379	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1241	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1130	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #974, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
28 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,758position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
29births registered in its largest year, 201925 to 49 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.

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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.

Cherish · #974, 28y
Nabeela · #974, 26y
Acacia · #973, 29y
Adeeb · #973, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Cherish · #974, 28y
Nabeela · #974, 26y
Acacia · #973, 29y
Adeeb · #973, 28y

Alban was ranked #974 in England and Wales · Boys in 2019. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Alban 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 Alban without appearing here.

Alban moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1610 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #5119.
Tor Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2435 and #2435 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1294 and #4432.
Anders Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2259 and #2259 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #974 and #3937.
Brent Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2435 and #1756 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1294 and #3687.

Moved ahead of Alban

Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1379 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2254 and #848.
Cooper Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1241 and #1425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2254 and #907.
Hunter Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1596 and #1878 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2418 and #1135.
Cillian Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1596 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2418 and #1190.

Moved the opposite way to Alban

Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Alban went from #1130 to #1758 while Arlo went from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Alban went from #1130 to #1758 while Harper went from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Alban went from #1130 to #1758 while Kasper went from #2425 to #529.
Leif Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Alban went from #1130 to #1758 while Leif went from #2943 to #814.

Moved the same way as Alban

Robyn Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Alban went from #1241 to #1758 and Robyn from #3036 to #4270.

What's not yet available

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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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #974 in England and Wales in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Alban

Alban at a glance

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Popularity journey

Alban by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Alban appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Alban at a glance

Alban by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Alban appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Alban

Alban and the names beside it

Alban moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Alban

Moved the opposite way to Alban

Moved the same way as Alban