Uriah

#4,546 for girls in 2025, 30 births · #648 for boys in 2025, 427 births
Given to boys 93.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
2014 · 559 births
Debut · boys
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
12,077
since 1880

Uriah over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #3,664, 2000peak #504, 2014girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,54630#648427
2024#5,30024#651424
2023#5,75221#697381
2022#5,02826#692383
2021#5,39823#689385
2020#5,00325#635421
2019#5,79821#608449
2018#4,56230#590464
2017#4,92227#542521
2016#4,99027#545530
2015#4,85328#577486
2014#4,35033#504559
2013#4,42232#540493
2012#5,25326#573451
2011#5,54324#576435
2010#5,24726#546462
2009#3,73742#595434
2008#4,76131#697339
2007#3,84841#1,025184
2006#4,57631#1,067168
2005#4,95826#1,233128
2004#5,06225#1,206126
2003#4,94325#1,197123
2002#3,97832#1,147124
2001#4,68825#1,151120
2000#3,66435#1,027142
1999#4,87022#1,013138
1998#4,49224#1,159108
1997#4,81921#981132
1996#5,06519#1,162101
1995#5,22118#1,090108
1994#4,84520#1,17894
1993#4,99819#1,23884
1992#5,71816#1,037111
1991#9,3368#1,14792
1990#1,22680
1989#10,8476#926120
1988#1,01393
1987#9,8256#921105
1986#1,02881
1985#1,08373
1984#1,12365
1983#1,15361
1982#96587
1981#1,00981
1980#92094
1979#98481
1978#89193
1977#90987
1976#89785
1975#1,11457
1974#97770
1973#1,00664
1972#1,77125
1971#2,97311
1970#3,07110
1969#4,4045
1968#4,1365
1967
1966
1965
1964#3,6016
1963#3,6466
1962
1961#4,0655
1960
1959
1958#3,9445
1957#3,2577
1956
1955#2,7649
1954#3,1767
1953#3,7985
1952#3,7345
1951
1950
1949#3,6905
1948#2,7888
1947
1946
1945#3,3385
1944#2,8627
1943
1942#3,2126
1941#2,33310
1940
1939
1938#2,4799
1937
1936#3,1476
1935#3,6455
1934
1933
1932#2,8498
1931#2,32811
1930#2,60910
1929#2,58910
1928#2,52211
1927#2,9129
1926#3,3857
1925#2,31313
1924#3,2608
1923#4,2395
1922#2,34713
1921#2,26514
1920#2,05216
1919#2,06315
1918#2,69910
1917#1,98615
1916#1,84916
1915#1,60019
1914#2,4578
1913#1,9459
1912#2,5445
1911#1,5376
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897#1,0575
1896
1895
1894#9546
1893#1,0355
1892
1891#59710
1890#6679
1889
1888#8157
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882#9435
1881#7816
1880#60010
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Uriah was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Uriah
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 3 spots since 2024 (#651#648)
  • 13 spots since 2020 (#635#648)
  • 71 spots since 2015 (#577#648)
  • Biggest jump: 328 spots in 2008 (#1,025#697)
  • Biggest drop: 300 spots in 1990 (#926#1,226)
Rise & fade · boys
134 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2014 at #504 (559 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 35 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 2008–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,436
  • Highest: 1 in 3,436 boys born in 2014 were named Uriah (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,000 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 40.2% of all boys named Uriah (4,850) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s28#600 (1880)#785
1890s35#597 (1891)#862
1900s0
1910s103#1,537 (1911)#2,076
1920s106#2,052 (1920)#2,788
1930s49#2,328 (1931)#2,843
1940s41#2,333 (1941)#3,037
1950s38#2,764 (1955)#3,446
1960s27#3,601 (1964)#3,970
1970s583#891 (1978)#1,459
1980s860#920 (1980)#1,014
1990s1,048#981 (1997)#1,123
2000s1,888#595 (2009)#1,035
2010s4,850#504 (2014)#560
2020s2,421#635 (2020)#669

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Uriah in 2000

girls
#3,664
35 births · 1 in 51,887 girls
boys
#1,027
142 births · 1 in 13,831 boys

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #3,664Uriah35

Top boys' names in 2000

  1. #1Jacob34,492
  2. #2Michael32,045
  3. #3Matthew28,580
  4. #4Joshua27,543
  5. #5Christopher24,936
  6. #6Nicholas24,653
  7. #7Andrew23,658
  8. #8Joseph22,844
  9. #9Daniel22,338
  10. #10Tyler21,506
  11. #1,027Uriah142
More about 2000

girls

1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 51,887 of them was named Uriah, which outranked 79.3% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Uriah
  1. #3,591Xitlaly36
  2. #3,591Yuliza36
  3. #3,591Zanaya36
  4. #3,664Uriah35
  5. #3,664Aaron35
  6. #3,664Abegail35
  7. #3,664Aisling35
  8. #3,738Addy34
  9. #3,738Adreana34
  10. #3,738Ahtziri34

Tied with 73 names at #3,664; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. 2,528Laisha#3,509#981
  2. 2,131Litzy#2,527#396
  3. 2,096Cielo#2,991#895
  4. 1,864Yamilet#2,703#839
  5. 1,775Nyah#2,567#792
Fallers
  1. 560Tatyanna#951#1,511
  2. 529Jailene#506#1,035
  3. 431Shanice#727#1,158
  4. 384Chantal#921#1,305
  5. 348Infant#658#1,006

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,964,001 boys got a published name in 2000; 1 in 13,831 of them was named Uriah, which outranked 91.5% of the 12,119 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Uriah
  1. #1,021Yosef143
  2. #1,021Zack143
  3. #1,021Zavier143
  4. #1,027Uriah142
  5. #1,027Alijah142
  6. #1,027Devonta142
  7. #1,027Jarett142
  8. #1,035Montana141
  9. #1,035Tyreke141
  10. #1,035Vance141

Tied with 7 names at #1,027; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. 4,806Maximus#5,656#850
  2. 2,950Elian#3,376#426
  3. 438Axel#799#361
  4. 437Luca#1,063#626
  5. 403Jevon#1,039#636
Fallers
  1. 1,334Trajan#996#2,330
  2. 498Jordi#743#1,241
  3. 322Auston#931#1,253
  4. 298Tyreke#737#1,035
  5. 274Tahj#863#1,137

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2000