Urban — #5646 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Urban

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,246 babies named Urban between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Urban currently holds the #5646 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 104 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Urban performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 783 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Urban shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 255 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Urban in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Urban 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 3,246 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.