Boy names that start with U

50 different boy names starting with U were given to five or more US boys in 2025, 2,710 babies in all, or 0.2% of recorded boys.

The most common was Uriel, with 708 boys (#446 overall), followed by Uriah, Ulises and Umar. The table lists the top 50 by 2025 births, with each name’s change in national rank since 2024.

Since 2024, 29 of the 50 ranked names listed here moved up the national boy ranking and 12 moved down, while 9 had no national rank the year before. The biggest climb was Ubayd, from #14,101 to #8,202.

0 of the names listed are in the national top 100 for boys in 2025, and 2 are in the top 1,000. They run from 3 letters (Umi) to 10 (Uchechukwu).

Only names where at least 10% of 2025 births were boys are included, so a name mostly given to the other sex is left out. Sparklines run from 1880 to 2025.