Urban is a boy's name of German origin meaning “related to a city.” In 2024 it was given to 16 boys in the United States.
Urban belongs to the German tradition. Its meaning — “related to a city” — is the sense carried by its German roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Urban first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #435 in 1894, and in 2024 16 babies received the name — 3,246 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Urban means “related to a city” in its German roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Urban is a boy name. In 2024, 16 babies received the name in the US.
Urban comes from the German tradition.
Urban first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #435 in 1894, and 16 babies were given the name in 2024.
Urban is pronounced /ˈɜːb(ə)n/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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