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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Urban” in the USA?

Number of people named “Urban” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Urban” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Urban” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Urban” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Urban” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Urban” by birth year

This chart shows how “Urban” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 10 0.000049632 10 -100%
1881 5 0.000025949 5 -100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 -100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 -100%
1886 11 0.000043084 11 -100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 -100%
1888 10 0.000033392 10 -100%
1889 10 0.000034609 10 -100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 -100%
1892 6 0.000017944 6 -100%
1893 12 0.000036898 12 -100%
1894 20 0.000059051 20 -100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 -100%
1896 9 0.000025176 9 -100%
1897 17 0.000048997 17 -100%
1898 12 0.000031458 12 -100%
1899 12 0.000035374 12 -100%
1900 10 0.000022209 10 -100%
1901 11 0.000031809 11 -100%
1902 13 0.000033615 13 -100%
1903 10 0.000026233 10 -100%
1904 14 0.000034698 14 -100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 -100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 -100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 -100%
1908 11 0.000022511 11 -100%
1909 16 0.000031297 16 -100%
1910 13 0.000022007 13 -100%
1911 13 0.000020178 13 -100%
1912 39 0.000039471 39 -100%
1913 44 0.000038695 44 -100%
1914 64 0.000045187 64 -100%
1915 67 0.000036564 67 -100%
1916 92 0.00004756 92 -100%
1917 89 0.00004435 89 -100%
1918 87 0.000040072 87 -100%
1919 90 0.000042649 90 -100%
1920 88 0.000038893 88 -100%
1921 91 0.00003898 91 -100%
1922 73 0.000031889 73 -100%
1923 101 0.000043866 101 -100%
1924 104 0.000043668 104 -100%
1925 88 0.000037715 88 -100%
1926 54 0.00002352 54 -100%
1927 61 0.0000263 61 -100%
1928 67 0.000029634 67 -100%
1929 56 0.000025546 56 -100%
1930 52 0.000023389 52 -100%
1931 60 0.000028512 60 -100%
1932 38 0.000017998 38 -100%
1933 39 0.000019505 39 -100%
1934 34 0.000016371 34 -100%
1935 40 0.00001914 40 -100%
1936 31 0.000014921 31 -100%
1937 30 0.00001408 30 -100%
1938 28 0.000012655 28 -100%
1939 33 0.000014977 33 -100%
1940 23 0.000009988 23 -100%
1941 34 0.000013955 34 -100%
1942 27 0.000009884 27 -100%
1943 28 0.00000992 28 -100%
1944 16 0.000005948 16 -100%
1945 20 0.000007539 20 -100%
1946 19 0.000005946 19 -100%
1947 26 0.000007218 26 -100%
1948 27 0.00000782 27 -100%
1949 20 0.000005739 20 -100%
1950 13 0.000003711 13 -100%
1951 29 0.000007872 29 -100%
1952 16 0.000004213 16 -100%
1953 18 0.000004671 18 -100%
1954 11 0.000002763 11 -100%
1955 26 0.000006476 26 -100%
1956 13 0.000003153 13 -100%
1957 20 0.000004759 20 -100%
1958 25 0.000006048 25 -100%
1959 21 0.000005051 21 -100%
1960 22 0.000005296 22 -100%
1961 24 0.000005794 24 -100%
1962 10 0.000002478 10 -100%
1963 19 0.0000048 19 -100%
1964 17 0.000004373 17 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1970 12 0.000003327 12 -100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1980 9 0.000002613 9 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 -100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1988 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 -100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 -100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 -100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 -100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 -100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 -100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 -100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 -100%
2005 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
2006 11 0.00000278 11 -100%
2007 20 0.000005003 20 -100%
2008 21 0.000005343 21 -100%
2009 24 0.000006282 24 -100%
2010 30 0.000008117 30 -100%
2011 34 0.000009295 34 -100%
2012 34 0.000009296 34 -100%
2013 22 0.000006035 22 -100%
2014 24 0.000006475 24 -100%
2015 36 0.000009727 36 -100%
2016 35 0.00000954 35 -100%
2017 30 0.000008389 30 -100%
2018 27 0.000007679 27 -100%
2019 39 0.000011236 39 -100%
2020 24 0.000007184 24 -100%
2021 30 0.000008855 30 -100%
2022 24 0.000007094 24 -100%
2023 10 0.00000302 10 -100%
2024 16 0.000004807 16 -100%

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