Oban

maleStatistical record

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

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

Oban: Recorded since 2000, its highest recorded position is #307, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#307highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2000–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#2142
2003	#3467
2004	#2578
2006	#4052
2007	#2435
2012	#2270
2013	#2954
2014	#4632
2015	#2707
2016	#4023
2017	#2172
2018	#2445
2019	#1869
2020	#3334
2021	#3017
2022	#2320
2023	#1906
2024	#2921

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 England and Wales in 18 of the 25 years from 2000 to 2024.

In 2024: #307 among boys in Scotland, #2921 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2000–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #2142 among boys in England and Wales in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Oban 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 Oban in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	23	5 of 10	5
2010s	59	8 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	39	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Oban 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 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #307 in Scotland in 2024.

Oban'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	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1906	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1869	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#307	12	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2000 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #307, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 24 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.

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Obed · #527, 20y
Oberon · #1984, 11y

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.

Lauchlan · #307, 15y
Lyall · #307, 20y
Asees · #309, 16y
Eathan · #305, 19y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Lauchlan · #307, 15y
Orran · #307, 11y
Amayah · #306, 20y
Danielius · #308, 20y

Oban was ranked #307 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. 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.

Oban 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 Oban without appearing here.

Oban moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3017 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1906 and #4991.
Willow Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #2445 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1869 and #4702.
Brooke Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2172 and #4812.
Malin Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #3895 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2172 and #4812.

Moved ahead of Oban

Leif Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1869 and #2104 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3334 and #1548.
Henrik Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2578 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #4052 and #2538.
Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1869 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3334 and #1935.
Matheo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1869 and #2488 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3334 and #2076.

Moved the opposite way to Oban

Kelly Compare
Between 2003 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Oban went from #3467 to #1906 while Kelly went from #2470 to #3523.

Moved the same way as Oban

Brooke Compare
Between 2000 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Oban went from #2142 to #3334 and Brooke from #1425 to #4608.

What's not yet available

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #307 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Oban

Oban at a glance

What the data shows

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Oban by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Oban at a glance

Oban by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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