Urdu names in American births
29 names this site can source to Urdu, counted in US Social Security birth records and, where they appear, in England and Wales.
Births under these names went from 52 in 1980 to 396 in 2025.
| Year | Distinct names | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 6 | 52 |
| 1985 | 6 | 78 |
| 1990 | 7 | 95 |
| 1995 | 8 | 137 |
| 2000 | 12 | 158 |
| 2005 | 15 | 254 |
| 2010 | 14 | 309 |
| 2015 | 16 | 265 |
| 2020 | 18 | 322 |
| 2025 | 21 | 396 |
Every Urdu name in the data
| Name | Births 2025 | Total | Living estimate | E&W 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luqman | 68 | 1,116 | ~1,100 | 30 |
| Haniya | 60 | 1,213 | ~1,200 | 161 |
| Adil | 49 | 1,553 | ~1,500 | 38 |
| Barkat | 37 | 63 | ~60 | 72 |
| Zohran | 30 | 30 | ~30 | 23 |
| Kausar | 20 | 91 | ~90 | 4 |
| Momin | 19 | 331 | ~330 | 22 |
| Rizwan | 14 | 535 | ~520 | 16 |
| Ezan | 13 | 75 | ~70 | 8 |
| Danis | 11 | 197 | ~180 | — |
| Ammara | 10 | 192 | ~190 | 10 |
| Saima | 9 | 669 | ~500 | 6 |
| Momina | 9 | 263 | ~260 | 15 |
| Leyli | 7 | 149 | ~150 | — |
| Arsal | 7 | 148 | ~150 | 3 |
| Siri | 6 | 2,331 | ~2,200 | — |
| Tuba | 6 | 49 | ~50 | — |
| Aafia | 6 | 31 | ~30 | 6 |
| Faraz | 5 | 660 | ~640 | 7 |
| Basir | 5 | 182 | ~180 | — |
| Zuhur | 5 | 35 | ~30 | — |
| Yasemin | 0 | 447 | ~440 | 3 |
| Abida | 0 | 56 | ~60 | 4 |
| Aqila | 0 | 12 | ~10 | — |
| Feryal | 0 | 11 | ~10 | — |
| Nawaz | 0 | 5 | ~0 | — |
| Waqar | 0 | 5 | ~0 | — |
| Yuhanna | 0 | 5 | ~0 | — |
| Zin | 0 | 5 | ~0 | — |
Where they are used
| State | Births | vs national rate |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 110 | 2.5× |
| New York | 272 | 1.7× |
| Illinois | 106 | 1.1× |
| California | 160 | 0.5× |
| Texas | 131 | 0.4× |
How these names were identified
Of the 74 names on this page, 6 carry a direct Wiktionary or Wikidata statement tying the name to Urdu. The rest matched a native-script Wiktionary given-name entry through that entry's own transliteration, and were reviewed by hand before publication. Names that no source ties to a language are not listed here, however plausible the association might look.