Uriah Boy
How popular is Uriah?
#648 boy name in 2025
427 baby boys were named Uriah in the US in 2025, making it the 648th most popular boy name. Another 30 girls got the name (#4,545 for girls).
Uriah popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #648 for boys (▲ 3 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 427 boys, 30 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-12% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #577 in 2015, #635 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (559 boys) |
| Highest rank | #504 in 2014 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 95% boys, 5% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Uriah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Uriah family of names ranked #614 for boys in 2025 (#616 the year before), with 433 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Uriah | 427 | 99% |
| Uria | 6 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Uriah is most popular
Babies named Uriah per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 1.4 per 1,000 (46 boys)
- Hawaii: 0.6 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- Oregon: 0.6 per 1,000 (46 boys)
- Montana: 0.5 per 1,000 (8 boys)
- Indiana: 0.4 per 1,000 (72 boys)
Uriah by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 28 | #600 |
| 1890s | 35 | #597 |
| 1910s | 103 | #1,536 |
| 1920s | 106 | #2,051 |
| 1930s | 49 | #2,327 |
| 1940s | 41 | #2,333 |
| 1950s | 38 | #2,763 |
| 1960s | 27 | #3,600 |
| 1970s | 583 | #891 |
| 1980s | 860 | #920 |
| 1990s | 1,048 | #979 |
| 2000s | 1,888 | #595 |
| 2010s | 4,850 | #504 |
| 2020s | 2,421 | #635 |
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Questions
- Is Uriah a boy or girl name?
- Uriah is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 95% of babies named Uriah were boys.
- How popular is the name Uriah?
- 427 baby boys were named Uriah in the US in 2025, making it the 648th most popular boy name. Another 30 girls got the name (#4,545 for girls).
- When was Uriah most popular?
- Uriah peaked in 2014, when 559 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #504 in 2014.
- How many people are named Uriah?
- 12,992 babies have been named Uriah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 12,440 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Uriah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Uriah was most common in New Mexico, at 1.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.