Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Corban isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Corban through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,597
- 3,586 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 207 babies
- 2025
- 35
- #3,327 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −54%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 35 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,327 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 53.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 207 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,202 as a first name in 2020; 549 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Corban
- Corban KnightCanadian ice hockey playerborn 1990
- Corban CollinsAmerican basketball player (born 1994)
- Corban Josephbaseball playerborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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