Urban

#5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births

Peak · boys
#419
1894 · 20 births
Debut · boys
1880
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,264
since 1880

Urban over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Urban has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201945peak #419, 1894boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#5,20818
2024#5,65916
2023#7,73810
2022#4,30324
2021#3,65130
2020#4,14124
2019#3,05239
2018#3,89127
2017#3,58630
2016#3,23035
2015#3,14936
2014#4,13824
2013#4,31322
2012#3,23134
2011#3,23534
2010#3,53130
2009#4,16024
2008#4,54021
2007#4,64020
2006#6,90411
2005#7,6409
2004#9,9486
2003#10,8945
2002—
2001#9,2436
2000#9,1126
1999—
1998#9,6315
1997—
1996#7,1367
1995—
1994#6,3728
1993#6,8167
1992—
1991#7,2716
1990#7,1786
1989—
1988#4,45010
1987#6,0896
1986#4,4579
1985#6,5235
1984—
1983—
1982#5,6196
1981#6,2625
1980#4,1349
1979#5,3556
1978—
1977—
1976#4,9356
1975—
1974—
1973#5,1015
1972—
1971#3,3709
1970#2,73912
1969#3,9356
1968#2,9079
1967—
1966#2,46511
1965#3,9305
1964#1,97517
1963#1,83919
1962#2,67310
1961#1,63524
1960#1,72822
1959#1,75921
1958#1,55725
1957#1,79120
1956#2,26313
1955#1,50326
1954#2,44911
1953#1,83618
1952#1,93916
1951#1,37329
1950#2,11113
1949#1,66720
1948#1,40027
1947#1,44926
1946#1,64219
1945#1,49420
1944#1,73816
1943#1,30828
1942#1,33427
1941#1,12934
1940#1,39723
1939#1,12033
1938#1,24728
1937#1,21230
1936#1,18231
1935#1,01140
1934#1,13334
1933#1,02839
1932#1,09038
1931#80860
1930#92852
1929#88856
1928#79667
1927#86661
1926#91654
1925#68288
1924#626104
1923#638101
1922#78073
1921#67791
1920#68088
1919#64590
1918#66487
1917#62989
1916#60692
1915#72567
1914#63264
1913#68144
1912#68139
1911#92513
1910#85913
1909#67916
1908#82511
1907#1,0947
1906#1,1116
1905#1,2335
1904#61214
1903#73410
1902#61513
1901#63711
1900#83610
1899#58312
1898#63512
1897#47317
1896#7789
1895#8727
1894#41920
1893#57212
1892#9566
1891—
1890#8147
1889#62810
1888#64810
1887#8196
1886#57811
1885—
1884#8486
1883#7207
1882#9435
1881#8665
1880#60010
First appearance
1880

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.

See more about Urban
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1894 at #419 (20 births)
  • Births halved by 1895, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 47 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1908–1931
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,788
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 24.0% of all boys named Urban (783) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s70#578 (1886)#739
1890s102#419 (1894)#678
1900s103#612 (1904)#838
1910s598#606 (1916)#705
1920s783#626 (1924)#755
1930s385#808 (1931)#1,076
1940s240#1,129 (1941)#1,456
1950s192#1,373 (1951)#1,858
1960s123#1,635 (1961)#2,565
1970s38#2,739 (1970)#4,300
1980s50#4,134 (1980)#5,362
1990s39#6,372 (1994)#7,401
2000s108#4,160 (2009)#7,453
2010s311#3,052 (2019)#3,536
2020s122#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 1945

boys
#1,494
20 births · 1 in 67,293 boys

Top boys' names in 1945

  1. #1James74,464
  2. #2Robert69,947
  3. #3John66,117
  4. #4William50,218
  5. #5Richard46,046
  6. #6David37,110
  7. #7Charles32,469
  8. #8Thomas31,874
  9. #9Michael29,902
  10. #10Ronald23,665
  11. #1,494Urban20
More about 1945

boys

1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 67,293 of them was named Urban, which outranked 60.5% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Urban
  1. #1,445Timmie21
  2. #1,445Trent21
  3. #1,445Ventura21
  4. #1,494Urban20
  5. #1,494Adelbert20
  6. #1,494Alois20
  7. #1,494Anastacio20
  8. #1,536Ace19
  9. #1,536Ashton19
  10. #1,536Aubry19

Tied with 41 names at #1,494; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. ↑ 527Delano#1,085 → #558
  2. ↑ 499Dane#1,235 → #736
  3. ↑ 385Eusebio#1,328 → #943
  4. ↑ 371Erick#1,235 → #864
  5. ↑ 311Gerardo#1,282 → #971
Fallers
  1. ↓ 479Joan#870 → #1,349
  2. ↓ 408Kit#841 → #1,249
  3. ↓ 392Llewellyn#935 → #1,327
  4. ↓ 361Valentine#888 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 321Hilario#906 → #1,227

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1945 →