Uber

Boys' name

English equivalent of Hubert

Uber has been given to 36 babies in the U.S. since 1986. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1996, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Uber, 2008

1 in 562,000

Uber over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Uber: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Hubert

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Uber means

Uber is a English equivalent of Hubert.

Origin, language, and formation

Uber is used in Occitan.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Hubert and Ubert.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 36 boys were recorded with the name Uber between 1986 and 2008. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1996; its best national rank was #7,758 in 1986.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Uber?

Uber had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2008, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2008: 1 in 562,000; 7 of 3,930,727 births
Among boys only: 1 in 291,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2008: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 389,226 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Uber sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2008 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 389,226 children born in 2008 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Uber. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ubers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Uber was born before 2005 — so the typical Uber is around 20 today.

Median birth year: 2005; About 20 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 52.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 36; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 52.8% of all recorded uses (19).

Is Uber rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1996 (7)
Years since peak: 29; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 16.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,758; 1986

Spellings of Uber

Uber is not the most common spelling — Ruben is, with 26.0% against Uber's <0.01%.

Ruben26.0%116,552
Ben19.0%85,349
Abel14.7%66,037
Hubert12.8%57,572
Bert7.5%33,585
Iker4.2%18,921
Abe2.2%9,694
Abner2.1%9,454

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Uber by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #7,758; 1986
Peak year: 1996; 7 that year
First recorded: 1986
Last recorded: 2008
All-time count: 36
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Uber

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Kyber Alber Ober Jaber Gerber Faber Ber Tymber Camber Saber Chamber Weber Dovber Elber Zuber Arber Ember October Herber Barber Kaliber Khyber Eber Webber

Sibling names for Uber

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Iman Breann Cinthia Katia Kaela Tristan Lexus Estefania

For a brother

Austyn Claudio Dontae Deion Hernan Dangelo Samual Tristin

Explore around Uber

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