Urban
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, which peaked in popularity in the 1940s and 1950s. Cognate to Urban.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Urban (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | 4 |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 5,513 |
| 2000 | 5,523 |
| 2001 | 5,553 |
| 2002 | 5,581 |
| 2003 | 5,633 |
| 2004 | 5,655 |
| 2005 | 5,636 |
| 2006 | 5,633 |
| 2007 | 5,626 |
| 2008 | 5,653 |
| 2009 | 5,637 |
| 2010 | 5,622 |
| 2011 | 5,609 |
| 2012 | 5,570 |
| 2013 | 5,567 |
| 2014 | 5,544 |
| 2015 | 5,520 |
| 2016 | 5,476 |
| 2017 | 5,445 |
| 2018 | 5,408 |
| 2019 | 5,373 |
| 2020 | 5,340 |
Urban in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Urban.Hi! My name is Urban.
- Urban ringde och sa att han blir lite sen.Urban called and said he'll be a bit late.
- Urban har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Urban has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Urbans mamma är lärare.Urban's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Urbans mamma is Urban's mum.
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Questions about Urban
How do you pronounce Urban in Swedish?
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What does the name Urban mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, which peaked in popularity in the 1940s and 1950s. Cognate to Urban.
How popular is Urban in Sweden?
2 babies were named Urban in 2022. In 2020, 5,340 people in Sweden had Urban as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.