Albin

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A few things about Albin you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Albin

Albin Ekdal

Swedish association football player (born 1989)

Choose Albin and your child shares a first name with Albin Ekdal, a Swedish association football player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Albin, like who?” Albin Ekdal's Wikipedia article is available in 43 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Кирилл Венедиктов, CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 121,951 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Albin, 14 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Albin would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryAlbin has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Albins, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1891, when it ranked #364. Today it's #6,143, so it could be due a comeback.
• 🍂TrendAlbin has slipped 163 places over the last five years and now sits at #6,143. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 💬MeaningIn Latin, Albin means “white”. Our records link it to Latin, Polish and Scandinavian roots.

About the name Albin

Albin is a boy name of Latin, Polish and Scandinavian origin meaning “white”. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, starting with A and ending in “-bin”. US birth records list Albin for boys from 1880 to 2025, in 144 of those 146 years. Its best year was 1891, when it ranked #364 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #6,143, with 14 babies.

Origin:Latin namesPolish namesScandinavian names