Urban
Urban is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 16 births. Its best rank was 435th, in 1894.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 160.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1924104 births
- Best rank
- #435in 1894
- Since 1880
- 3,246people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,246 boys have been named Urban in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 104 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1929, and the 1920s alone account for 24%. It has spent 45 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Urban | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 70 | |
| 1890s | 102 | |
| 1900s | 103 | |
| 1910s | 598 | |
| 1920s | 783 | |
| 1930s | 385 | |
| 1940s | 240 | |
| 1950s | 192 | |
| 1960s | 123 | |
| 1970s | 38 | |
| 1980s | 50 | |
| 1990s | 39 | |
| 2000s | 108 | |
| 2010s | 311 | |
| 2020s | 104 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Urban was the 633rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1924 were Robert, John, William, James and Charles. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Urban
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rupertpeak 1920
- Waldopeak 1915
- Lambertpeak 1918
- Elmerpeak 1918
- Albinpeak 1919
- Worthpeak 1918
- Earlepeak 1918
- Aloysiuspeak 1916
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.