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Names beginning with U

93 first names in US birth records start with U, carried by about 165,238 people. Every one of them is listed below.

Uriel
~26k
boys · peak 2008
Unknown
~19k
both · peak 1954
Uriah
~15k
mostly boys · peak 2014
Ulysses
~15k
boys · peak 1999
Ulises
~14k
boys · peak 2006
Ursula
~11k
girls · peak 1967
Unique
~10k
mostly girls · peak 2009
Urijah
~4.6k
boys · peak 2009
Umar
~3.9k
boys · peak 2025
Una
~3.3k
girls · peak 1921
Uziel
~3k
boys · peak 2021
Ubaldo
~2.4k
boys · peak 2003
Uma
~2.3k
girls · peak 2006
Usman
~2.1k
boys · peak 2025
Ulices
~1.9k
boys · peak 2018
Uri
~1.7k
mostly boys · peak 2023
Ulisses
~1.6k
boys · peak 1999
Usher
~1.5k
boys · peak 2025
Urban
~1.4k
boys · peak 1924
Uzziah
~1.4k
boys · peak 2022
Ulyses
~1.1k
boys · peak 1998
Unity
~972
girls · peak 2022
Uriyah
~867
mostly boys · peak 2018
Uzziel
~808
boys · peak 2008
Ulani
~808
girls · peak 2023
Uzair
~798
boys · peak 2021
Unnamed
~759
both · peak 1991
Uchenna
~754
mostly boys · peak 2004
Umair
~709
boys · peak 2016
Undra
~701
mostly boys · peak 1966
Umberto
~678
boys · peak 1915
Urbano
~663
boys · peak 1994
Uvaldo
~630
boys · peak 2003
Uniqua
~581
girls · peak 1992
Ula
~561
girls · peak 1924
Ulrich
~483
boys · peak 2025
Urvi
~482
girls · peak 2020
Uyen
~470
girls · peak 1981
Umer
~458
boys · peak 1999
Ulric
~432
boys · peak 2021
Uthman
~421
boys · peak 2022
Urias
~415
boys · peak 2021
Ulanda
~402
girls · peak 1972
Ugochukwu
~356
boys · peak 2004
Urian
~343
boys · peak 1993
Umaiza
~331
girls · peak 2022
Uziah
~328
boys · peak 2022
Usiel
~323
boys · peak 2007
Uday
~302
boys · peak 2005
Undrea
~290
mostly girls · peak 1966
Ugonna
~283
mostly boys · peak 2009
Urie
~267
boys · peak 2019
Ulyssa
~266
girls · peak 2000
Umi
~257
mostly girls · peak 2021
Ulysess
~243
boys · peak 1926
Ulysee
~231
boys · peak 1939
Utah
~220
boys · peak 1921
Uchechukwu
~211
mostly boys · peak 2005
Usama
~210
boys · peak 1999
Ulysees
~201
boys · peak 1932
Udell
~199
mostly boys · peak 1917
Ulonda
~196
girls · peak 1973
Ulyana
~196
girls · peak 2017
Uzma
~183
girls · peak 1980
Urania
~175
girls · peak 1926
Usha
~172
girls · peak 1973
Ukiah
~162
boys · peak 2003
Uzoma
~159
mostly boys · peak 1997
Ural
~158
boys · peak 1927
Unice
~155
mostly girls · peak 1927
Uhtred
~148
boys · peak 2022
Unika
~144
girls · peak 1992
Uilani
~137
girls · peak 1981
Ulanni
~133
girls · peak 2020
Ustin
~132
boys · peak 1988
Ugochi
~129
girls · peak 2003
Ugo
~128
boys · peak 1921
Umeka
~124
girls · peak 1973
Umaima
~121
girls · peak 2019
Undray
~119
boys · peak 1967
Ulla
~91
girls · peak 2025
Upton
~69
boys · peak 1920
Ulysse
~62
boys · peak 1922
Ulis
~60
boys · peak 1927
Ura
~58
mostly girls · peak 1916
Ulyess
~43
boys · peak 1927
Uldine
~34
girls · peak 1927
Ulice
~32
boys · peak 1931
Ulus
~29
boys · peak 1924
Ulys
~20
boys · peak 1921
Ulas
~16
boys · peak 1921
Uva
~15
girls · peak 1917
Uno
~1
boys · peak 1918

About the letter U

The most common is Uriel, with roughly 25,562 people in the United States. Of the 93 U names on record, 72 are carried by fewer than a thousand people each — the long tail that makes up most of any letter.

This page lists every recorded name under this letter. To go further, or to filter U names by length, syllables, gender or era, use the advanced name search. Every name here links through to its full profile: how many people carry it, its age profile, where it is concentrated and how it has moved since 1880.

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