Boys' name · since 2009
Uryah
36 babies named Uryah in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,600 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 36
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
36 boys have been named Uryah since 2009, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Uryah has 36 recorded births among boys since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 2009 to 2018.
- #24,600 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 36 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Uryah ranks #24,600 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 36 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #24,600 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 36
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Uryah's 36 recorded births place it above 45.88% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Uryah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Uryah splits its recorded history at 2011: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2010 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Uryah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2018
- Peak year (2017)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Uryah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (28 births, 78% of the file).
2010s was Uryah's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Uryah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 8
2000s
8 births
- 2010s
2010s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 28 births (78% of all-time use).
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Uryah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~9 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, 2009–2018 (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 Uryah 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.