Urban

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A few things about Urban you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Urban

Urban Gad

Danish filmmaker (1879-1947)

Choose Urban and your child shares a first name with Urban Gad, a Danish filmmaker. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Urban, like who?” Urban Gad's Wikipedia article is available in 22 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 95,238 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Urban, 18 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Urban would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryUrban has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Urbans, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1894, when it ranked #419. Today it's #5,208, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📈Then vs nowUrban is 3.4× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 322,581 baby boys; in 2025, about 1 in 95,238.
• 🍂TrendUrban has slipped 1,067 places over the last five years and now sits at #5,208. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 💬MeaningIn Latin, Urban means “of the city”.

About the name Urban

Urban is a boy name of Latin origin meaning “of the city”. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, starting with U and ending in “-ban”. US birth records list Urban for boys from 1880 to 2025, in 130 of those 146 years. Its best year was 1894, when it ranked #419 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #5,208, with 18 babies.

Origin:Latin names