Urban

Boy name

Urban has been given to 3,264 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1924.

Meaning & origin /ˈɜːb(ə)n/

Latin Urbānus, name of eight early popes, from urbānus (“of the town or city, urbane”). Doublet of Orban.

Origin: Latin

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

3,264

Peak year

1924 (104 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -50%

Gender split

All boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Urban.

3,245 babies since 1880

3,228 babies since 1882

3,316 babies since 1880

3,336 babies since 1893

3,189 babies since 1884

3,352 babies since 1904

3,383 babies since 1906

3,132 babies since 1880

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