Fun Facts About the Name Aban
- 44 babies named Aban: U.S. records list 44 babies given the name Aban from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Aban Mean?
Aban is a Persian name meaning "waters." It comes from Persian āb, "water," and its plural ābān, a form also recorded in Middle Persian. The word's literal sense is simply water in the plural.
That ordinary word also carries a religious layer in Zoroastrian tradition, where Ābān stands for the waters as a sacred element and is linked with Aredvi Sura Anahita, the figure addressed in the Ābān Yasht. This is a later symbolic and devotional use of the same word, not a second etymology.
Aban is separately a masculine Arabic name (أبان) borne by figures in early Islamic history. Its derivation is not firmly settled, and it should not be treated as a form of the Persian word for water.
Aban Name History & Origins
Ābān belongs to the religious vocabulary of pre-Islamic Iran. In the Zoroastrian calendar it is both the eighth month of the year and the tenth day of each month; when the two fall together, the occasion is kept as the festival of Ābānagān. The fifth Yasht of the Avesta, the Ābān Yasht, is addressed to the waters and to Aredvi Sura Anahita, which kept the word in ritual use in Iran after the Islamic conquest. Zoroastrians who migrated to India, the Parsis, kept the same calendar and its Ābān observances.
In the Iranian calendar the month of Ābān runs from roughly late October to late November. As a personal name, Aban is used in Iran, generally for girls, and it is also familiar among Parsi families in India.
In Arabic, Aban (أبان) is a distinct masculine name. Aban ibn Uthman ibn Affan, a son of the third caliph, was a jurist and later governor of Medina, and he is one of the earliest recorded bearers. The Persian and Arabic names look the same in English spelling but belong to different naming traditions.
How Popular is the Name Aban?
Aban 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 2015. Its best rank was #8,745 in 2015.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | #12,314 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #8,893 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #9,674 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2015 | #8,745 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #10,722 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #12,283 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #12,239 | 5 | 0.0003% |
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 Aban Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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