Liban

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

⭐ Famous Liban

Liban Abdi

Association football player

Choose Liban and your child shares a first name with Liban Abdi, an association football player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Liban, like who?” Liban Abdi's Wikipedia article is available in 22 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Németh Miklós, www.magyarfutball.hu, CC BY 3.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 285,714 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Liban, 6 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Liban would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryLiban first shows up in US birth records in 1992, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 33 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 1998, when it reached #3,849.
• 🍂TrendLiban has slipped 4,715 places over the last five years and now sits at #10,695. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.

About the name Liban

Liban is a boy name of Hawaiian origin. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, starting with L and ending in “-ban”. US birth records list Liban for boys from 1992 to 2025, in 34 of those 34 years. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked #3,849 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #10,695, with 6 babies.

Origin:Hawaiian names