Urooj
Urooj is a Persian and Turkish unisex name meaning "rising, mounting, exaltation, ascension".
Meaning & Origin of Urooj
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Urooj is a Persian and Turkish unisex name meaning "rising, mounting, exaltation, ascension".
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The Story of Urooj
The earliest SSA record of Urooj as a baby girl name dates back to 1993, when 6 babies received it. 1995 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Urooj — #10,514 in the national rankings. About 81% of every Urooj on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Urooj last appeared in the published SSA data in 2004, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 31 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Urooj
Urooj is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1993 and has accumulated 31 births in the dataset. Urooj's peak popularity came in 1995 when it ranked #10,514. Use the chart and map above to compare Urooj'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 .
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