Boys' name · since 1970
Urian
289 babies named Urian in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,804 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 289
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Urian is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 289 have been recorded since 1970.
Urian has 289 recorded births among boys since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2024.
- #10,804 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 289 born since 1970
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Urian ranks #10,804 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 289 born since 1970, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10,804 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 289
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Urian's 289 recorded births place it above 76.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Urian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Urian's SSA record in two at 1996 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1970, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Urian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2024
- Peak year (1993)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2024.
289 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 15 births in a single year.
Urian by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (108 births, 37% of the file).
1990s was Urian's strongest decade.
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Urian births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 35
1970s
35 births
- 1980s
1980s
53 births
- 1990s
1990s
108 births
- 2000s
2000s
59 births
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 108 births (37% of all-time use).
Urian decade highlights
- Peak decade 108 births
- Runner-up 59 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Urian by state
Where Urian concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 3.5% |
10 of 289 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.5% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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- Urian's decade-level peak was the 1990s (108 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Urians (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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Two nationwide peer axes for Urian: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1970–2024 (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 Urian 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.
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