Boy Names That Start With U: 46 Ranked

Uriel, Uriah and Ulises are the boy names starting with U with the most people alive in the US: about 20,842 people are named Uriel. Among boys born in 2025, the most popular name starting with U was Uriel, given to 708 babies. Names that neither sex holds more than 80% of, such as Uriyah, are on the gender-neutral names page.

Most Popular Boy Names Starting With U in 2025

Babies of that sex given each name in 2025, from Social Security records. Names given to boys and girls count here by the boys alone.

Top 20 in 2025

#	Name	Babies
1	Uriel	708
2	Uriah	427
3	Ulises	213
4	Umar	180
5	Ulysses	169
6	Uziel	127
7	Usman	106
8	Usher	78
9	Uzziah	64
10	Unique	46
11	Urijah	44
12	Ulices	43
13	Uri	42
14	Uzair	35
15	Uzziel	30
16	Uthman	25
17	Urias	22
18	Urban	18
19	Ulrich	17
19	Umair	17

All Boy Names Starting With U

Ranked by people alive in the US today. A name counts as a boy name when more than 80% of the people alive with it are male; the peak year is when the most babies got it.

#	Name	People alive	Peak year
1	Uriel	20,842	2008
2	Uriah	12,415	2014
3	Ulises	11,705	2006
4	Ulysses	11,658	1999
5	Urijah	3,746	2009
6	Umar	3,145	2025
7	Uziel	2,470	2021
8	Ubaldo	1,873	2003
9	Usman	1,697	2025
10	Ulices	1,560	2018
11	Uri	1,348	2023
12	Ulisses	1,283	1999
13	Usher	1,259	2025
14	Uzziah	1,129	2022
15	Urban	1,045	1924
16	Ulyses	867	1998
17	Uzziel	660	2008
18	Uzair	653	2021
19	Umair	578	2016
20	Undra	556	1966
21	Umberto	511	1915
22	Urbano	507	1994
23	Uvaldo	490	2003
24	Ulrich	382	2025
25	Umer	373	1999
26	Uthman	344	2022
27	Ulric	341	2021
28	Urias	339	2021
29	Ugochukwu	290	2004
30	Urian	278	1993
31	Uziah	269	2022
32	Usiel	264	2007
33	Uday	247	2005
34	Urie	216	2019
35	Uchechukwu	172	2005
36	Usama	171	1999
37	Ulysess	167	1926
38	Utah	162	1921
39	Ulysee	145	1939
40	Ukiah	133	2003
41	Ulysees	129	1932
42	Uzoma	129	1997
43	Udell	124	1917
44	Uhtred	121	2022
45	Ustin	106	1988
46	Ural	102	1927