Uriah
Uriah was given to 427 boys in 2025, #650 among boys’ names; 12,992 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 12,400 Americans named Uriah and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (95% of everyone recorded); the median is 13 years old and half are between 8 and 23.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Uriah by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Uriah mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Uriah is “a male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin.” Its etymology gives the sense “God is my light” (literally).
From Biblical Hebrew אוּרִיָּה ('ūriyyā, literally “God is my light”).
/jʊəˈɹaɪə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Uriah?
#650 among boys’ names, 2025
Uriah fell from #577 in 2015 to #650 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born held at 0.25 per 1,000.
592 babies in 2014, the peak
Uriah peaked in 2014, when 592 babies were given it (559 boys, #505 among boys’ names). The 457 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 77% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 427 | #650 | 0.25 |
| 2024 | 424 | #652 | 0.25 |
| 2023 | 381 | #697 | 0.22 |
| 2022 | 383 | #693 | 0.22 |
| 2021 | 385 | #691 | 0.22 |
| 2020 | 421 | #637 | 0.24 |
| 2019 | 449 | #610 | 0.25 |
| 2018 | 464 | #591 | 0.26 |
| 2017 | 521 | #543 | 0.28 |
| 2016 | 530 | #545 | 0.28 |
Every recorded year (107)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 486 | #577 | 0.25 |
| 2014 | 559 | #505 | 0.29 |
| 2013 | 493 | #540 | 0.26 |
| 2012 | 451 | #573 | 0.24 |
| 2011 | 435 | #578 | 0.23 |
| 2010 | 462 | #547 | 0.24 |
| 2009 | 434 | #596 | 0.22 |
| 2008 | 339 | #697 | 0.17 |
| 2007 | 184 | #1,028 | 0.09 |
| 2006 | 168 | #1,069 | 0.08 |
| 2005 | 128 | #1,242 | 0.06 |
| 2004 | 126 | #1,213 | 0.06 |
| 2003 | 123 | #1,203 | 0.06 |
| 2002 | 124 | #1,151 | 0.06 |
| 2001 | 120 | #1,157 | 0.06 |
| 2000 | 142 | #1,032 | 0.07 |
| 1999 | 138 | #1,014 | 0.07 |
| 1998 | 108 | #1,166 | 0.06 |
| 1997 | 132 | #985 | 0.07 |
| 1996 | 101 | #1,164 | 0.05 |
| 1995 | 108 | #1,093 | 0.06 |
| 1994 | 94 | #1,187 | 0.05 |
| 1993 | 84 | #1,241 | 0.04 |
| 1992 | 111 | #1,039 | 0.06 |
| 1991 | 92 | #1,148 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 80 | #1,232 | 0.04 |
| 1989 | 120 | #928 | 0.06 |
| 1988 | 93 | #1,020 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 105 | #927 | 0.06 |
| 1986 | 81 | #1,038 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 73 | #1,092 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 65 | #1,132 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 61 | #1,164 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 87 | #968 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 81 | #1,013 | 0.05 |
| 1980 | 94 | #922 | 0.05 |
| 1979 | 81 | #990 | 0.05 |
| 1978 | 93 | #897 | 0.06 |
| 1977 | 87 | #912 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 85 | #904 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 57 | #1,126 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 70 | #987 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 64 | #1,012 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 25 | #1,815 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 11 | #3,130 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,266 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,999 | under 0.01 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,713 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 6 | #4,016 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 6 | #4,021 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,630 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 5 | #4,474 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,535 | under 0.01 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,954 | under 0.01 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,433 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 5 | #4,298 | under 0.01 |
| 1952 | 5 | #4,223 | under 0.01 |
| 1949 | 5 | #4,170 | under 0.01 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,994 | under 0.01 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,748 | under 0.01 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,086 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,534 | under 0.01 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,481 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,638 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,524 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,108 | under 0.01 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,076 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,457 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,768 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,750 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,636 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,133 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,680 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,426 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,485 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,837 | under 0.01 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,472 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,368 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,122 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,142 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,866 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,083 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,939 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,658 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,633 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,082 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,878 | 0.01 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,723 | 0.03 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,216 | 0.04 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,066 | 0.05 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,169 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 10 | #631 | 0.10 |
| 1890 | 9 | #735 | 0.08 |
| 1888 | 7 | #909 | 0.06 |
| 1882 | 5 | #1,085 | 0.04 |
| 1881 | 6 | #859 | 0.06 |
| 1880 | 10 | #634 | 0.09 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Uriah a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 12,992 Americans recorded as Uriah, 7% are girls and 93% boys. In 2025 it went to 30 girls and 427 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Uriah: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Uriah, and how old are they?
12,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 95% of the 12,992 Americans ever recorded as Uriah. The median Uriah alive today is 13 years old; half are between 8 and 23.
The 2020 Census counted 8,415 people named Uriah (605 women and girls, 7,810 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 10,034 born in the U.S. The Census count is 16% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 16 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 46 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 624 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,480 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,020 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 6,220 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Uriah born?
The states with the most babies named Uriah are California, Texas and Ohio, with 31% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 56 | #550 | 0.9× |
| Texas | 45 | #668 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 20 | #535 | 0.9× |
| Florida | 17 | #883 | 0.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | #604 | 0.6× |
| North Carolina | 16 | #619 | 0.8× |
| Arizona | 15 | #488 | 1.2× |
| Indiana | 14 | #509 | 1.4× |
| Tennessee | 14 | #550 | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 13 | #637 | 0.6× |
Where Uriah is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Uriah is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 3.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Uriah with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 15,331 babies since 1880, Uriah is the most given (85% of them). In 2025 it was given to 457 of their 536 babies (85%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Uriah
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Uriah and names like it
- Compare Uriah and UriBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sUriah peaked in 2014.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Uriah since 1910.
- The top names of 2014The year the most babies were named Uriah.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Uriah alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with UMost given first.