Urbain
Urbain is a name with a single cultural origin: French.
- French
Meaning & Origin of Urbain
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Urbain is a name with a single cultural origin: French.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Urbain
Urbain first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1914, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1924: 8 births, good for #3,260 nationwide. About 75% of every Urbain on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Urbain last appeared in the published SSA data in 1928, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 57 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Urbain
Urbain is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 57 births in the dataset. Urbain's peak popularity came in 1924 when it ranked #3,260. Use the chart and map above to compare Urbain's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.