Shaban is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “to disperse.” In England & Wales it was given to 4 boys in 2020.
Shaban belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “to disperse” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Shaban first appears in Social Security records in 1972. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #5621 in 1972, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 22 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Shaban means “to disperse” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Shaban is a boy name. In England & Wales, 4 babies received the name in 2020.
Shaban comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Shaban first appears in US records in 1972. Its best-ever ranking was #5621 in 1972, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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