Laban
Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 596since 1886
Laban over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Laban has never cracked the top 900 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #3,779 | 15 |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #1,922 | 15 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #2,801 | 10 |
| 1921 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1886
The first year at least five boys were named Laban! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1910, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1886 at #959 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1886
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,157
- Highest: 1 in 22,157 boys born in 1886 were named Laban (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 349,896 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 15.1% of all boys named Laban (90) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #959 (1886) | #959 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 60 | #1,537 (1911) | #2,581 |
| 1920s | 57 | #2,801 (1922) | #3,485 |
| 1930s | 39 | #1,922 (1932) | #3,110 |
| 1940s | 22 | #2,608 (1948) | #2,886 |
| 1950s | 31 | #3,066 (1951) | #3,412 |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,038 (1960) | #4,038 |
| 1970s | 72 | #3,037 (1977) | #4,175 |
| 1980s | 60 | #3,692 (1982) | #5,242 |
| 1990s | 87 | #3,779 (1990) | #6,607 |
| 2000s | 90 | #5,588 (2000) | #7,832 |
| 2010s | 63 | #8,079 (2011) | #9,896 |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,146 (2021) | #12,146 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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