Alban

Where Alban comes from

From Latin Albānus (“resident of Alba”) (a mountain region and an ancient city of Latium).
— Wiktionary's entry for Alban
  • Latin
Along the way
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,544 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1915
    Peak, #1,600
    19 babies named Alban — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1917
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,545.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.