Corban
Masculine · “an offering dedicated to God”
Corban is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 3,586 boys against 11 girls since 1880.
Corban is a Hebrew and Aramaic word that appears in the gospels untranslated — an offering set aside for the temple, and by extension anything dedicated and no longer available for ordinary use.
How old is the name Corban?
Corban first appears in US birth records in 1974 — 51 years ago. The typical Corban alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 3,500 people named Corban are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Corban most popular?
Corban peaked in 2013, reaching #966 nationally. Today it ranks #3314, 2,348 places below that high. See the whole 2013 chart.
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Where it comes from
From qorban to Corban
The story of Corban
Qorban is a technical term of temple worship — the offering by which a worshipper draws near — and Mark's gospel preserves it untranslated in a passage about a man declaring his property corban to avoid supporting his parents. The word therefore reaches English readers with a sharp edge on it. Its use as a given name is recent and English-speaking, and it is helped by its resemblance to the surname Corbin, which is unrelated.
Meaning
an offering dedicated to God
From Hebrew qorban, a sacrifice or gift brought to the temple, built on a verb meaning to draw near; the gospel of Mark quotes the word in Aramaic and then explains it, which is how it entered English.
How the name formed
- qorban
- Corban
Related forms: Korban · Qurban
Pronouncing Corban
KOR-ban
Two syllables, first stressed. Hebrew stresses the second, kor-BAHN.
Nicknames for Corban
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1974
- Most boys named
- 2013207 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #966reached in 2013
- Change vs 2024
- −2.8%35 in 2025, from 36
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Corban in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Korban in Hebrew — transliteration
- Qurban in Arabic — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Corbans among us
people named Corban are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 48,802 born in 2025 was named Corban
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Corban
- #3314
- Corban on the 2025 chart
- #885
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Corban went to 35 boys in 2025, but Korban is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 43, which makes it the 885th most-given boys’ name of the year — 2,429 places above the chart.
- Corban35
- Korban8
About 1 boy in 39,723 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 48,802 for Corban itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Kenan test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Corban's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kenan climbed just as high around 1997, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kenan's path sketches the road Corban is walking now.
Corban sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Corban is headed
Corban is easing off slowly — about 29% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Corban beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Corban in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning drawn from a specific and well-documented religious practice.
- Six letters and two syllables, easy to write and to say.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- Corbin is a much more common name and will be written and said for him.
- The gospel passage the word appears in is a critical one, which is worth knowing.
- The stress differs between Hebrew and English readings.
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Frequently asked
- How many Corbans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,500 people named Corban are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Corban?
- Corban is the most-used spelling in US records — 35 of the 43 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Korban.
- How popular is the name Corban in 2025?
- Corban ranks #3314 among US boy names in 2025, with 35 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Corban?
- About 1 in every 48,802 US boys born in 2025 was named Corban — 35 in all.
- Will my child share the name Corban with classmates?
- Corban will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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