UK boy's name
Caben
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2023. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Caben is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Caben popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2023 in this profile. In that release it ranked #3523, with 5 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2018, with 14 births.
This profile covers 59 England and Wales registrations across 7 recorded years from 2017 to 2023. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 36% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 66 living people in the UK are called Caben. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2024 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Caben ranked #3523 for boys in England and Wales in 2023, with 5 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2018, when 14 boys were registered as Caben.
- • Caben ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #599 in 2020.
- • About 66 living people in the UK are estimated to have Caben as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#3523
2023
Births in 2023
5
Latest year
Peak year
2018
14 births
Estimated living
66
2026
Popularity
Caben over time
The chart below shows babies named Caben registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2017 to 2023. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Caben, the clearest high point is 2018. The latest England and Wales figure is 5 births in 2023, compared with 14 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Caben by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Caben was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #2806 | 29 | 4 |
| 2010s | #2228 | 30 | 3 |
Geography
Where Caben is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Caben. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Caben ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #599 in 2020.
Across the UK
Caben in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#599 in 2020
2 years of NRS records, 7 total registered
Related
Names similar to Caben
- Charlie 104,761
- Callum 65,796
- Connor 53,072
- Cameron 40,394
- Charles 33,091
- Christopher 26,849
- Caleb 15,553
- Corey 12,622
- Carter 11,505
- Cody 11,075
- Conor 10,298
- Christian 9,695
FAQ
Caben: questions and answers
How popular is the name Caben in the UK right now?
In 2023, Caben was ranked #3523 for boys in England and Wales, with 5 births registered.
When was Caben most popular?
The peak year on record was 2018, with 14 babies registered as Caben in England and Wales.
How many people are called Caben in the UK?
A total of 59 babies have been registered as Caben across the 7 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 7 more in Scotland.
Where is Caben most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Caben ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #599 in 2020. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.