# Urja (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/urja/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “power”, “energy” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Oorja |
| US babies named this | 51 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 51 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 14, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ऊर्जा (ūrjā, “power, energy”).

## What it means

Urja is grouped under strong.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5 | 17,512 |
| 2001 | 5 | 17,850 |
| 2003 | 5 | 18,287 |
| 2004 | 8 | 12,717 |
| 2005 | 7 | 14,437 |
| 2008 | 7 | 15,308 |
| 2020 | 9 | 11,022 |
| 2022 | 5 | 17,563 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 5 | 2,770 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: ऊर्जा

## 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.