Uri
Boy · Hebrew
Uri is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “light”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 2,940th for boys in the US (42 babies).
What does Uri mean?
Hebrew
“light”
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Uri a girl's or a boy's name?
Uri is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 42 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Uri in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Uri, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2002, with 5 boys.
Half of all the boys named Uri in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Uri in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
How popular is Uri in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,940among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 41,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 42 boys in the US were named Uri, making it the 2,940th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 60 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the boys named Uri in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 50 boys in the US were given Uri or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,210, up from #2,940 for this spelling alone.
- Uri 42
- Urie 8
In 2024, 25% of the babies named Uri in the US were girls.
Uri in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #2,940 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,044 |
| 2023 | 60 | #2,314 |
| 2022 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2021 | 35 | #3,295 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2019 | 35 | #3,256 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 29 | #3,683 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 37 | #2,996 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,013 |
| 2009 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2008 | 37 | #3,101 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,819 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 20 | #2,425 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 25 | #2,048 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 22 | #2,112 |
| 1975 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 20 | #2,051 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
Names like Uri
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Uri
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