Uhuru — boys' name

What the Data Says About Uhuru

The Social Security Administration has registered 28 babies named Uhuru between 1970 and 1973, spanning 4 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Uhuru currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1973. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Uhuru is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1972.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Uhuru performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window.

No etymological entry is currently available for Uhuru in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 28 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.