Fun Facts About the Name Aaban
- 127 babies named Aaban: U.S. records list 127 babies given the name Aaban from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Aaban Mean?
Aaban is a masculine given name used in Muslim and Persian-influenced communities. It is most often identified with the Persian name Ābān (آبان), which is formed from āb, the Persian word for "water," together with the ending -ān. The literal sense is therefore connected with water. The same word names the eighth month of the Iranian calendar, roughly October to November, and in Zoroastrian tradition Ābān is the term for the waters and their guardian, linked with the goddess Anahita. These religious and calendrical uses grew out of the word for water rather than giving the name a separate meaning.
The similarly spelled Arabic name Abān (أبان) is a distinct given name recorded in early Islamic times, and its derivation is not securely established; it should not automatically be treated as the same name as the Persian Ābān. Some English-language name lists also gloss Aaban as "name of a star," but that sense is not well supported.
Aaban Name History & Origins
Ābān belongs to Persian religious and calendar vocabulary. In the Zoroastrian calendar, the month of Ābān and the day of Ābān are dedicated to the waters, and the guardian being of the waters is invoked under the name Ābān, associated with Anahita. From this religious and calendrical use, Ābān also came to serve as a personal name in Iran and among Persian speakers, where it is typically given to boys.
The Arabic name Abān appears among the early generations of Muslims; Abān ibn Uthman ibn Affan, a son of the third caliph and a scholar of the early Islamic period, is among the better-known bearers. Because the Persian and Arabic names are written differently in their own scripts and rest on different roots, their histories are best kept separate. The spelling "Aaban" is used in English for both, which is the main reason the two are often confused.
How Popular is the Name Aaban?
Aaban has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2014. Its best rank was #5,482 in 2014.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | #9,821 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #10,798 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #9,668 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #7,093 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #8,145 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #5,746 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2014 | #5,482 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2013 | #5,923 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #7,049 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #7,008 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #8,139 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #10,994 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #12,366 | 5 | 0.0002% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Aaban Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Powerful and complete. You are good intellectually and require several outlets for your energies. You are not a builder but a planner, and you want others to carry out your plans. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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