Uriah
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #648 for boys
Uriah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 648th for boys in the US (427 babies).
What does Uriah mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Uriah a girl's or a boy's name?
Uriah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 30 girls and 427 boys in the US.
How popular is Uriah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Uriah, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Uriah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Uriah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
How popular is Uriah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 648th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 427 about 1 in 4,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 427 boys in the US were named Uriah, making it the 648th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 635th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 559 boys. 30 girls were also named Uriah in 2025 (4,545th for girls).
2025 had more boys named Uriah than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Uriah in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 433 boys in the US were given Uriah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #615, up from #648 for this spelling alone.
- Uriah 427
- Uria 6
Uriah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 427 | #648 |
| 2024 | 424 | #651 |
| 2023 | 381 | #697 |
| 2022 | 383 | #692 |
| 2021 | 385 | #689 |
| 2020 | 421 | #635 |
| 2019 | 449 | #608 |
| 2018 | 464 | #590 |
| 2017 | 521 | #542 |
| 2016 | 530 | #545 |
| 2015 | 486 | #577 |
| 2014 | 559 | #504 |
| 2013 | 493 | #540 |
| 2012 | 451 | #573 |
| 2011 | 435 | #576 |
| 2010 | 462 | #546 |
| 2009 | 434 | #595 |
| 2008 | 339 | #697 |
| 2007 | 184 | #1,025 |
| 2006 | 168 | #1,067 |
| 2005 | 128 | #1,232 |
| 2004 | 126 | #1,204 |
| 2003 | 123 | #1,196 |
| 2002 | 124 | #1,145 |
| 2001 | 120 | #1,149 |
| 2000 | 142 | #1,025 |
| 1999 | 138 | #1,011 |
| 1998 | 108 | #1,156 |
| 1997 | 132 | #979 |
| 1996 | 101 | #1,160 |
| 1995 | 108 | #1,087 |
| 1994 | 94 | #1,174 |
| 1993 | 84 | #1,233 |
| 1992 | 111 | #1,034 |
| 1991 | 92 | #1,141 |
| 1990 | 80 | #1,221 |
| 1989 | 120 | #923 |
| 1988 | 93 | #1,011 |
| 1987 | 105 | #920 |
| 1986 | 81 | #1,027 |
| 1985 | 73 | #1,082 |
| 1984 | 65 | #1,122 |
| 1983 | 61 | #1,153 |
| 1982 | 87 | #965 |
| 1981 | 81 | #1,009 |
| 1980 | 94 | #920 |
| 1979 | 81 | #984 |
| 1978 | 93 | #891 |
| 1977 | 87 | #909 |
| 1976 | 85 | #897 |
| 1975 | 57 | #1,114 |
| 1974 | 70 | #977 |
| 1973 | 64 | #1,006 |
| 1972 | 25 | #1,771 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,333 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,327 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,522 |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,264 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,051 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,062 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 15 | #1,985 |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,599 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 10 | #597 |
| 1890 | 9 | #667 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
| 1881 | 6 | #780 |
| 1880 | 10 | #600 |
Names like Uriah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elijah, Noah, Josiah, Isaiah, Elias, Tobias, Jonah, Gabriel, Matteo, Caleb, Zachary, Jeremiah
Names related to Uriah
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Uriah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/uriah, updated 20 October 2026.