Liban

maleStatistical record

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

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

Liban: Recorded since 1974, it reached #312 in 2003, and it stood at #3,523 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
53times a registrar ranked it
50years from first to last
#312highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2023

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1458
1997	#1345
1998	#1188
1999	#1082
2000	#1002
2001	#1286
2002	#1077
2003	#1188
2004	#1410
2005	#1617
2006	#1401
2007	#1578
2008	#1457
2009	#2318
2010	#2941
2011	#1909
2012	#2721
2013	#2403
2014	#2459
2015	#2707
2016	#4810
2017	#1703
2018	#2693
2020	#4608
2021	#3990
2023	#3523

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 27 of the 36 years from 1974 to 2009.

In 2009: #436 among boys in Norway, #2318 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1974–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1974
First recorded at #623 among boys in Norway in 1974 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1974–2009
Highest recorded position: #312 among boys in Norway, in 2003 (recorded 1974–2009).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #3523 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Liban appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1974, and has registered 175 births with the name.

Liban across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Liban's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#623 (1974)	#312 (2003)	#436 (2009)	27 of 36	175 (1974–2009)	12 (2003)
England and Wales · Boys	#1458 (1996)	#1002 (2000)	#3523 (2023)	26 of 28	252 (1996–2023)	15 (2000)

Liban by decade in Norway · 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 Liban in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	13	3 of 10	4
1980s	47	8 of 10	6
1990sbusiest	66	9 of 10	7
2000s	49	7 of 10	7

Across Norway · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Liban appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1974 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #312 in Norway in 2003.

Liban'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1703	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1909	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1457	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1578	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1401	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1617	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1410	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1188	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1077	15	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1286	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1002	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1082	13	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1188	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1345	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#436	8	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#550	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#507	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#312	12	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#378	8	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#461	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#466	6	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#448	7	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#361	10	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#478	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#484	6	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#422	8	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#450	7	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#362	11	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#499	6	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#586	5	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#503	7	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#643	4	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#539	6	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#586	5	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#587	5	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#542	6	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#442	9	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#584	5	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#550	5	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#616	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#623	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1974 and 2023, ranked in 42 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #312, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 22 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Lianne · #263, 40y
Liara · #1302, 15y
Libbie · #448, 28y
Libby · #48, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Edin · #312, 42y
Zoran · #312, 39y
Dominique · #309, 40y
Jenifer · #315, 44y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Edelle · #312, 10y
Treacy · #312, 17y
Kathinka · #311, 28y
Kenny · #311, 44y

Liban was ranked #312 in Norway · Boys in 2003. 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.

Liban 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 Liban without appearing here.

Liban moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2318 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2403 and #4685.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4608 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3990 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3990 and #1860 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4107.

Moved ahead of Liban

Robyn Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2707 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2228.
Rune Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2693 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2228.
Isak Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2693 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2404.
Rodney Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2693 and #3011 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2682.

Moved the opposite way to Liban

Roger Compare
Between 1974 and 2003 in Norway · Boys, Liban went from #623 to #312 while Roger went from #31 to #552.
Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Liban went from #1458 to #3523 while Albie went from #853 to #22.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Liban went from #1458 to #3523 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Liban went from #1458 to #3523 while Alfred went from #218 to #76.

Moved the same way as Liban

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Liban went from #1458 to #3523 and Aaron from #33 to #146.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Liban went from #1458 to #3523 and Adam from #16 to #41.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Liban went from #1458 to #3523 and Alan from #163 to #464.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Liban went from #1458 to #3523 and Alex from #43 to #152.

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1974 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #312 in Norway in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Liban

Liban at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Liban across 2 official records

Liban by decade in Norway · Boys

Liban appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Liban at a glance

Liban across 2 official records

Liban by decade in Norway · Boys

Liban appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Liban

Liban and the names beside it

Liban moved ahead of

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