Arbin

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Arbin has been given to 29 babies in the U.S. since 1993. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2013, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Arbin, 2017

1 in 715,000

Arbin over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Arbin: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Arbin means

Arbin is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Arbin is used in Albanian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 29 boys were recorded with the name Arbin between 1993 and 2017. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2013; its best national rank was #8,757 in 1993.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Arbin?

Arbin had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2017, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2017: 1 in 715,000; 5 of 3,577,106 births
Among boys only: 1 in 370,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2017: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 495,893 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Arbin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2017 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 495,893 children born in 2017 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arbin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Arbins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Arbin was born before 2013 — so the typical Arbin is around 12 today.

Median birth year: 2013; About 12 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 62.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 29; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 62.1% of all recorded uses (18).

Is Arbin 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2013 (8)
Years since peak: 12; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #8,757; 1993

Spellings of Arbin

Arbin is not the most common spelling — Martin is, with 23.6% against Arbin's <0.01%.

Martin23.6%315,561
Marvin19.0%254,192
Alvin12.0%161,414
Robin3.5%46,952
Corbin3.1%41,112
Irvin3.0%39,922
Ervin2.9%38,991
Darin2.4%32,546

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.

Arbin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #8,757; 1993
Peak year: 2013; 8 that year
First recorded: 1993
Last recorded: 2017
All-time count: 29
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Arbin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Arbaz Arbaaz Arbor Arbi Arba Gabin Arber Arbon Aubin Erbin Fabin Elbin Kobin Arben Harbin Kebin Subin Ibin Jobin Melbin Kolbin Irbin Arby Arbie

Sibling names for Arbin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Blythe Gwyneth Sofie Honesty Kaelynn Kendyl Bayleigh Elayna

For a brother

Gibson Jaxen Jai Vihaan Konnor Landry Kellan Zaiden

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