Alban
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, equivalent to English Alban.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Alban (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Alban has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2011. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 118 |
| 2000 | 123 |
| 2001 | 130 |
| 2002 | 134 |
| 2003 | 135 |
| 2004 | 139 |
| 2005 | 146 |
| 2006 | 154 |
| 2007 | 161 |
| 2008 | 173 |
| 2009 | 175 |
| 2010 | 182 |
| 2011 | 191 |
| 2012 | 198 |
| 2013 | 206 |
| 2014 | 210 |
| 2015 | 219 |
| 2016 | 223 |
| 2017 | 231 |
| 2018 | 244 |
| 2019 | 248 |
| 2020 | 250 |
Alban in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Alban.Hi! My name is Alban.
- Alban bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Alban lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Jag ska fika med Alban i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Alban this afternoon.
- Albans mamma är lärare.Alban's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Albans mamma is Alban's mum.
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Questions about Alban
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What does the name Alban mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, equivalent to English Alban.
How popular is Alban in Sweden?
2 babies were named Alban in 2022. In 2020, 250 people in Sweden had Alban as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2011 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.