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Laban

Boys' name

Rectangle (any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles), through Λάβαν

Laban has been given to 596 babies in the U.S. since 1886. 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 1932, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Laban, 2021

1 in 678,000

Laban over time, 1880–2025

Boys
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Laban: meaning, origin, and history

Rectangle (any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles), through Λάβαν

Hebrew

What Laban means

Laban belongs to the name family reached through Laban → Λάβαν → לָבָן. Its meaning is “rectangle (any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles)”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Middle English Laban, from Latin Laban, from Koine Greek Λάβαν (Lában), from Biblical Hebrew לָבָן (Lāḇān).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Laban (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Laban is used in English and Lun Bawang. Its origins include Hebrew.

Laban comes through Middle English Laban, Latin Laban, Koine Greek Λάβαν and Biblical Hebrew לָבָן.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Λάβαν and לָבָן.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Laban is pronounced /ˈleɪbən/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 596 boys were recorded with the name Laban between 1886 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 15 in 1932; its best national rank was #1,038 in 1886.

How common is Laban?

Laban had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2021, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2021
1 in 678,000
5 of 3,389,958 births
Among boys only
1 in 350,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2021
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
469,949 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Laban 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 2021 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 469,949 children born in 2021 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Laban. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Labans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Laban was born before 1980 — so the typical Laban is around 45 today.

Median birth year
1980
About 45 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
15.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
30.0%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
413
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 15.1% of all recorded uses (90).

Is Laban 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
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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
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1932 (15)
Years since peak
93
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
34.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,038
1886

Spellings of Laban

Laban is not the most common spelling — Logan is, with 39.2% against Laban's 0.06%.

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.

Laban around the world

Where Laban 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 & Wales
    2004–2010
    #4,678
    in 2010
  • South Australia
    1953–1982
    #424
    in 1982

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.

Laban 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
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Best rank ever
#1,038
1886
Peak year
1932
15 that year
First recorded
1886
Last recorded
2021
All-time count
596
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Laban

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

LibanAlbanLabibKorbanLabronSabanUrbanIbanCorbanLabonLabaronAabanEbanLabrianLabarronEstabanJobanOrbanLabrandonAbanCubanLabryanLabyronBoban

Sibling names for Laban

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

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