Boys' name · since 1977
Uday
250 babies named Uday in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,676 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,849 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 250
- born since 1977
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Uday is the #7849 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 250 recorded since 1977.
Uday has 250 recorded births among boys since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7849 as of the latest data, more common than 44% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #11,676 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,849 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 250 born since 1977
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Uday ranks #11,676 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,849 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 250 born since 1977, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,676 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,849 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 250
- born since 1977
- 2000s
- peak decade
Uday's 250 recorded births place it above 74.32% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Uday compares
250 42nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Uday's all-time total is 32% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Uday | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 250 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Uday's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Uday's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1977, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Uday popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Uday by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (85 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Uday's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Uday births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 23
1990s
23 births
- 2000s
2000s
85 births
- 2010s
2010s
79 births
- 2020s
2020s
58 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 85 births (34% of all-time use).
Uday by state
Where Uday concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 4.0% |
10 of 250 births nationwide.
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What to do with Uday's data
- Uday's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (85 total births) through the 2020s (58) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Udays (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Uday: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~48 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1977–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Uday draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.