Aben
#9,728 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Aben has been given to 45 babies in the U.S. since 2007. In 2025 it ranked #9,728 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 7 recorded.
Babies named Aben, 2025
1 in 474,000
Aben over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Aben?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 474,000
- 7 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 244,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #9,728
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 328,272 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Aben sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aben. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Abens were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Aben was born before 2018 — so the typical Aben is around 7 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 46.7% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 45
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 46.7% of all recorded uses (21).
Is Aben rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +2,636
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +2,374
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.40×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 100.0%
- Peak was 2007 (7)
- Years since peak
- 18
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Steady
- 10.0% average annual change
Spellings of Aben
Aben is not the most common spelling — Alan is, with 13.0% against Aben's <0.01%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Aben around the world
Where Aben ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2013–2013#4,685in 2013
- South Australia1981–1981#425in 1981
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Aben by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Aben
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Aben
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.