Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Alban

#4,807 most common boys' name of all time · #11,861 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–2025

Rank among boys
#4,807
Rank overall
#11,861 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
97 of 146
All-time
1,000
Since 2016
94
Peak year
2012 #4,022
Best rank
#1,657 1915
Girls Boys peak 25/yr
192019401960198020002020

Alban first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 6 6 #10,774
2024 — 12 12 #6,865
2023 — 10 10 #7,786
2022 — 6 6 #10,951
2021 — 16 16 #5,590
2020 — 5 5 #12,135
2019 — 8 8 #8,958
2018 — 13 13 #6,380
2017 — 9 9 #8,197
2016 — 9 9 #8,199
2015 — 18 18 #5,088
2014 — 8 8 #8,849
2013 — 10 10 #7,578
2012 — 25 25 #4,022
2011 — 12 12 #6,611
2010 — 10 10 #7,629
2008 — 14 14 #6,102
2007 — 21 21 #4,511
2006 — 10 10 #7,480
2005 — 13 13 #5,917
2004 — 24 24 #3,755
2003 — 12 12 #5,916
2002 — 12 12 #5,766
2001 — 16 16 #4,697
2000 — 13 13 #5,334
1999 — 22 22 #3,494
1998 — 16 16 #4,223
1997 — 10 10 #5,700
1996 — 15 15 #4,225
1995 — 16 16 #3,883
1994 — 10 10 #5,512
1993 — 14 14 #4,270
1992 — 16 16 #3,787
1991 — 12 12 #4,524
1990 — 19 19 #3,202
1989 — 9 9 #5,226
1988 — 9 9 #4,843
1987 — 12 12 #3,779
1986 — 8 8 #4,943
1985 — 7 7 #5,262
1983 — 6 6 #5,631
1981 — 7 7 #5,074
1975 — 7 7 #4,421
1972 — 7 7 #4,079
1971 — 5 5 #5,068
1970 — 5 5 #4,894
1969 — 6 6 #4,065
1968 — 6 6 #3,821
1967 — 6 6 #3,711
1966 — 5 5 #4,117
1965 — 8 8 #3,093
1964 — 7 7 #3,403
1963 — 5 5 #4,218
1962 — 8 8 #3,144
1960 — 8 8 #3,181
1959 — 6 6 #3,752
1956 — 6 6 #3,664
1955 — 5 5 #4,058
1954 — 9 9 #2,845
1953 — 8 8 #3,003
1952 — 9 9 #2,783
1951 — 6 6 #3,505
1950 — 5 5 #3,858
1949 — 9 9 #2,708
1948 — 6 6 #3,461
1947 — 5 5 #3,906
1946 — 7 7 #3,046
1944 — 5 5 #3,598
1943 — 8 8 #2,867
1941 — 6 6 #3,306
1940 — 7 7 #2,990
1939 — 12 12 #2,131
1936 — 11 11 #2,265
1935 — 5 5 #3,818
1934 — 6 6 #3,441
1933 — 7 7 #3,127
1932 — 6 6 #3,533
1931 — 11 11 #2,431
1930 — 13 13 #2,263
1929 — 8 8 #3,112
1928 — 10 10 #2,749
1927 — 9 9 #3,027
1926 — 17 17 #1,971
1925 — 12 12 #2,538
1924 — 19 19 #1,884
1923 — 17 17 #2,009
1922 — 16 16 #2,126
1921 — 17 17 #2,044
1920 — 10 10 #2,880
1919 — 11 11 #2,609
1918 — 12 12 #2,495
1917 — 6 6 #3,682
1916 — 12 12 #2,357
1915 — 19 19 #1,657
1914 — 13 13 #1,857
1913 — 6 6 #2,691
1912 — 5 5 #2,720