How Many People Are Named Urja?
An estimated 50 people in the United States have the first name Urja. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 18 years old, and Urja peaked in popularity in 2020 with 9 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Urja as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Urja paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Urja is exceptionally rare. Fewer than 100 people with this name are estimated to be alive in the U.S. today.
Estimated Living Americans
50
About 1 in 6,855,087 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
18
years old
Peak Year
2020
9 births
Total Registered
51
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Urja
Urja is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 51 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Urja as a female name
Ranked #17,551 in 2022
5 female births in 2022
Peak: 2020 (9 births)
Urja: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Urja span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 2 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 37 babies were registered. While Urja is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Urja by Decade
How has Urja tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Urja + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Urja as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Urja
Other first names starting with U with a similar number of bearers.
Urja: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Urja?
We estimate approximately 50 people named Urja are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 6,855,087 Americans share this first name.
Is Urja a common name?
Urja is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 54.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 51 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Urja most popular?
Urja reached peak popularity in 2020, when 9 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Urja is approximately 18 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Urja a female name?
Urja is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Urja Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Urja Smith, Urja Johnson, Urja Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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