Recorded 1913–1923 Boys' name Peak 1917 72 births

Urho — boys' name

72 babies named Urho in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s511920s21
1910s
Peak decade

71% of everyone ever named Urho was born in this single decade.

1917
Single peak year

12 babies were named Urho in 1917 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Urho

The Social Security Administration has registered 72 babies named Urho between 1913 and 1923, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Urho currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1923. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Urho performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Urho shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Urho in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Urho 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 72 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.

Urho at a glance

Last recorded 1923

Total births

72

Since 1913

11 years of records

Peak year

1917

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 1910s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1923

Active since

1913

Recorded for 11 years

Last year on file: 1923

Urho popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–1913

Last recorded 1923
Peak year (1917)
12
Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
468101214 192319211920191919181917191619141913 6

Urho by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1910s
Peak decade
1910s
51 births that decade — 71% of Urho's all-time total
1910s511920s21

Urho by state

Where Urho concentrates geographically — total births since 1913

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Urho
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Michigan
10 13.9%
Michigan share of Urho's total US births 13.9%

10 of 72 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Urho?
72 babies have been named Urho since 1913. It was last recorded in 1923. The peak year was 1917 with 12 births.
When was Urho most popular?
Urho was most popular in the 1910s decade with 51 total births. The single peak year was 1917.
Where is Urho most popular?
The top states for the name Urho are Michigan (10 births).
How long has the name Urho been used?
Urho has been recorded in Social Security data since 1913, spanning 11 years of data through 1923.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–1923 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.