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.

Laban

#6,581 most common boys' name of all time · #16,491 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1886–2021

Rank among boys
#6,581
Rank overall
#16,491 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
78 of 146
All-time
596
Since 2016
22
Peak year
1932 #1,951
Best rank
#1,094 1886
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Girls Boys peak 15/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Laban first appears in 1886. 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
2021 — 5 5 #12,214
2019 — 5 5 #12,197
2018 — 5 5 #12,219
2017 — 7 7 #9,723
2015 — 8 8 #8,785
2014 — 9 9 #8,151
2013 — 7 7 #9,697
2012 — 6 6 #10,821
2011 — 9 9 #8,111
2010 — 7 7 #9,728
2009 — 9 9 #8,329
2008 — 7 7 #9,916
2007 — 9 9 #8,209
2006 — 12 12 #6,483
2005 — 8 8 #8,342
2004 — 6 6 #9,999
2003 — 9 9 #7,273
2002 — 11 11 #6,113
2001 — 7 7 #8,390
2000 — 12 12 #5,607
1999 — 5 5 #9,969
1998 — 9 9 #6,344
1997 — 7 7 #7,316
1996 — 11 11 #5,213
1995 — 7 7 #7,035
1994 — 5 5 #8,855
1993 — 11 11 #5,034
1992 — 12 12 #4,589
1991 — 5 5 #8,320
1990 — 15 15 #3,808
1989 — 5 5 #7,977
1987 — 9 9 #4,613
1986 — 7 7 #5,382
1984 — 8 8 #4,591
1983 — 6 6 #5,561
1982 — 11 11 #3,727
1981 — 5 5 #6,345
1980 — 9 9 #4,175
1979 — 9 9 #4,110
1978 — 6 6 #5,119
1977 — 13 13 #3,066
1976 — 5 5 #5,671
1975 — 8 8 #3,983
1974 — 10 10 #3,359
1973 — 6 6 #4,575
1972 — 5 5 #5,066
1970 — 10 10 #3,109
1960 — 5 5 #4,108
1958 — 6 6 #3,626
1957 — 6 6 #3,631
1955 — 7 7 #3,251
1951 — 7 7 #3,121
1950 — 5 5 #3,754
1948 — 9 9 #2,643
1944 — 6 6 #3,177
1942 — 7 7 #2,995
1938 — 5 5 #3,602
1936 — 5 5 #3,634
1933 — 9 9 #2,591
1932 — 15 15 #1,951
1930 — 5 5 #4,070
1928 — 6 6 #3,760
1927 — 5 5 #4,275
1926 — 6 6 #3,784
1924 — 6 6 #3,928
1923 — 8 8 #3,229
1922 — 10 10 #2,845
1921 — 8 8 #3,260
1920 — 8 8 #3,249
1919 — 9 9 #2,924
1918 — 9 9 #2,922
1917 — 6 6 #3,609
1916 — 11 11 #2,439
1914 — 7 7 #2,695
1913 — 6 6 #2,572
1912 — 6 6 #2,344
1911 — 6 6 #1,635
1886 — 5 5 #1,094