Uriyah
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- yoo-RY-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Uriyah is a name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is my light”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Uriyah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Uriah
“God is my light”
In the Bible, Uriah the Hittite is the loyal soldier King David sends to his death so he can marry Bathsheba.
Is Uriyah a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Uriyah has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls and 16 boys in the US.
How popular is Uriyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,606th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Uriyah, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,568th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 35 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007. 13 girls were also named Uriyah in 2025 (7,883rd for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Uriyah than any year since 2007.
Half of all the boys named Uriyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2024, 23% of the babies named Uriyah in the US were girls.
Uriyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 30 | #3,568 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2017 | 35 | #3,248 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,152 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 34 | #3,238 |
| 2009 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
Names like Uriyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Asaiah, Zamir, Azaiah, Muhammad, Ibrahim, Abdullah, Zahir, Zayd, Hamza, Salem, Uzziah
Names related to Uriyah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Uriyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/uriyah, updated 20 October 2026.