Boys' name · since 2000
Urijah
Urijah has 3,693 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,217 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,871 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,693
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Urijah currently ranks #2871 among boys' names in America, with 3,693 babies recorded since 2000.
Urijah has 3,693 recorded births among boys since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2871 as of the latest data, more common than 79% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #2,217 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,871 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 3,693 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Urijah ranks #2,217 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,871 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 3,693 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,217 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,871 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,693
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Urijah's 3,693 recorded births place it above 95.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
38 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Urijah compares
3,693 Top 16% higher than 84% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Urijah's all-time total is 10x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Urijah | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,693 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 403 | 34 | 22,252 |
Urijah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Urijah's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 403, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Urijah popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 403
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Urijah popularity over time - girls
85 total births recorded since 2008 (Urijah as girls' name)
Urijah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,579 births, 70% of the file).
2010s was Urijah's strongest decade.
2,579 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Urijah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 695
2000s
695 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,579 births
- 2020s 419
2020s
419 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,579 births (70% of all-time use).
How Urijah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Urijah's total volume
Urijah by state
Where Urijah concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 519 | 14.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 418 | 11.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 160 | 4.3% |
| #4 | Washington | | 118 | 3.2% |
| #5 | New Mexico | | 117 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Colorado | | 112 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 105 | 2.8% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 100 | 2.7% |
519 of 3,693 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 38 reporting states.
Urijah appears in 38 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Urijah's data
- Urijah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (2,579 total births); usage has since declined to 419 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Urijahs (519 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Urijah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~25 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2000–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Urijah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.