Urban
#5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
- Peak · boys
- 1894 · 20 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,264since 1880
Urban over time
Rank among boys' names. Urban has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,208 | 18 |
| 2024 | #5,659 | 16 |
| 2023 | #7,738 | 10 |
| 2022 | #4,303 | 24 |
| 2021 | #3,651 | 30 |
| 2020 | #4,141 | 24 |
| 2019 | #3,052 | 39 |
| 2018 | #3,891 | 27 |
| 2017 | #3,586 | 30 |
| 2016 | #3,230 | 35 |
| 2015 | #3,149 | 36 |
| 2014 | #4,138 | 24 |
| 2013 | #4,313 | 22 |
| 2012 | #3,231 | 34 |
| 2011 | #3,235 | 34 |
| 2010 | #3,531 | 30 |
| 2009 | #4,160 | 24 |
| 2008 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2007 | #4,640 | 20 |
| 2006 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #1,975 | 17 |
| 1963 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1962 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #1,635 | 24 |
| 1960 | #1,728 | 22 |
| 1959 | #1,759 | 21 |
| 1958 | #1,557 | 25 |
| 1957 | #1,791 | 20 |
| 1956 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1955 | #1,503 | 26 |
| 1954 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #1,836 | 18 |
| 1952 | #1,939 | 16 |
| 1951 | #1,373 | 29 |
| 1950 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #1,667 | 20 |
| 1948 | #1,400 | 27 |
| 1947 | #1,449 | 26 |
| 1946 | #1,642 | 19 |
| 1945 | #1,494 | 20 |
| 1944 | #1,738 | 16 |
| 1943 | #1,308 | 28 |
| 1942 | #1,334 | 27 |
| 1941 | #1,129 | 34 |
| 1940 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1939 | #1,120 | 33 |
| 1938 | #1,247 | 28 |
| 1937 | #1,212 | 30 |
| 1936 | #1,182 | 31 |
| 1935 | #1,011 | 40 |
| 1934 | #1,133 | 34 |
| 1933 | #1,028 | 39 |
| 1932 | #1,090 | 38 |
| 1931 | #808 | 60 |
| 1930 | #928 | 52 |
| 1929 | #888 | 56 |
| 1928 | #796 | 67 |
| 1927 | #866 | 61 |
| 1926 | #916 | 54 |
| 1925 | #682 | 88 |
| 1924 | #626 | 104 |
| 1923 | #638 | 101 |
| 1922 | #780 | 73 |
| 1921 | #677 | 91 |
| 1920 | #680 | 88 |
| 1919 | #645 | 90 |
| 1918 | #664 | 87 |
| 1917 | #629 | 89 |
| 1916 | #606 | 92 |
| 1915 | #725 | 67 |
| 1914 | #632 | 64 |
| 1913 | #681 | 44 |
| 1912 | #681 | 39 |
| 1911 | #925 | 13 |
| 1910 | #859 | 13 |
| 1909 | #679 | 16 |
| 1908 | #825 | 11 |
| 1907 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | #612 | 14 |
| 1903 | #734 | 10 |
| 1902 | #615 | 13 |
| 1901 | #637 | 11 |
| 1900 | #836 | 10 |
| 1899 | #583 | 12 |
| 1898 | #635 | 12 |
| 1897 | #473 | 17 |
| 1896 | #778 | 9 |
| 1895 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | #419 | 20 |
| 1893 | #572 | 12 |
| 1892 | #956 | 6 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #814 | 7 |
| 1889 | #628 | 10 |
| 1888 | #648 | 10 |
| 1887 | #819 | 6 |
| 1886 | #578 | 11 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | #720 | 7 |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | #600 | 10 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Urban was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Urban is popular in 1953
No state had 5 or more boys named Urban in 1953, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Urban
- 451 spots since 2024 (#5,659 → #5,208)
- 1,067 spots since 2020 (#4,141 → #5,208)
- 2,059 spots since 2015 (#3,149 → #5,208)
- Biggest jump: 384 spots in 1893 (#956 → #572)
- Biggest drop: 621 spots in 1905 (#612 → #1,233)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1894 at #419 (20 births)
- Births halved by 1895, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1908–1931
- Highest: 1 in 5,788 boys born in 1894 were named Urban (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,893 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 24.0% of all boys named Urban (783) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 70 | #578 (1886) | #739 |
| 1890s | 102 | #419 (1894) | #678 |
| 1900s | 103 | #612 (1904) | #838 |
| 1910s | 598 | #606 (1916) | #705 |
| 1920s | 783 | #626 (1924) | #755 |
| 1930s | 385 | #808 (1931) | #1,076 |
| 1940s | 240 | #1,129 (1941) | #1,456 |
| 1950s | 192 | #1,373 (1951) | #1,858 |
| 1960s | 123 | #1,635 (1961) | #2,565 |
| 1970s | 38 | #2,739 (1970) | #4,300 |
| 1980s | 50 | #4,134 (1980) | #5,362 |
| 1990s | 39 | #6,372 (1994) | #7,401 |
| 2000s | 108 | #4,160 (2009) | #7,453 |
| 2010s | 311 | #3,052 (2019) | #3,536 |
| 2020s | 122 | #3,651 (2021) | #5,117 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Urban in 1953
Top boys' names in 1953
More about 1953
boys
1,972,299 boys got a published name in 1953; 1 in 109,572 of them was named Urban, which outranked 57.7% of the 4,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,765Virginia19
- #1,765West19
- #1,765Zenon19
- #1,836Urban18
- #1,836Adlai18
- #1,836Alphonza18
- #1,836Arland18
- #1,900Alferd17
- #1,900Andris17
- #1,900Arlis17
Tied with 63 names at #1,836; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.