# Urbain (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/urbain/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 57 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 57 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 7 | 2,894 |
| 1915 | 7 | 3,368 |
| 1920 | 6 | 4,249 |
| 1921 | 5 | 4,927 |
| 1922 | 5 | 4,913 |
| 1923 | 6 | 4,205 |
| 1924 | 8 | 3,484 |
| 1926 | 6 | 4,158 |
| 1928 | 7 | 3,677 |

## People named Urbain

- Urbain Le Verrier, French astronomer (1811-1877)
- Urbain Grandier, French priest
- Urbain Braems, Belgian footballer (1933–2021)
- Urbain Bouriant, French egyptologist (1849–1903)
- Urbain Wallet, French footballer (1899-1973)
- Urbain Dubois, French chef (1818–1901)
- Urbain Jean Faurie, French missionary and botanist (1847-1915)
- Urbain Caffi, French cyclist (1917–1991)
- Gabriel Fauré, French composer, organist, pianist and teacher (1845–1924)
- Fud Leclerc, Belgian singer and musician (1924–2010)
- Urbanus, Belgian artist, recording artist
- Urban of Langres, Gallo-Roman saint and bishop, patron saint of wine growers, gardeners and coopers

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.