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Uriah

Means “God is my light”*

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #577, 2016: #545, 2017: #542, 2018: #590, 2019: #608, 2020: #635, 2021: #689, 2022: #692, 2023: #697, 2024: #651, 2025: #6481 in 4,000 boys in the US, 2025#648 · falling · was #577 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #3,004, 2016: #2,556, 2017: #2,734, 2018: #2,259, 2019: #3,411, 2020: #2,228, 2021: #3,017, 2022: #2,321, 2023: #4,992, 2024: #2,264, 2025: #3,2561 in 45,323 boys in E&W, 2025#3,256 · steady · was #3,004 in 2015

Boy’s name · Hebrew · /jʊəˈɹaɪə/

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What Uriah means

Means “God is my light”

From Biblical Hebrew אוּרִיָּה ('ūriyyā, literally “God is my light”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Uriah” (revision 93674301), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Uriah?

US 2025
#648
427 babies
▲ 3 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#3256
6 babies
▼ 992 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Falling: down from #577 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #3004 in 2015, #3256 now.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (2014)

Biggest US share so far: 2014, when 559 boys got the name (#504 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

  • About 1 in 4,000 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 45,323 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MT (2.13 per 1,000 boys), NM (1.38 per 1,000 boys), WV (0.81 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Uriah is #648 in the US and #3256 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#6484271 in 4,000#577
England & Wales#325661 in 45,323#3004
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Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 93.4% of US babies named Uriah were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 202530427
England & Wales 202506
US all years since 188091512,077
England & Wales since 19960126

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

/jʊəˈɹaɪə/

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

  • Aria22 US · 4 E&W
  • Urie8 US
  • Arieh8 US
  • Uria6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Uriah

Boys

  • Levi#12Editor’s note Up from #42 in 2015 to #12 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 180 US boys in the 2025 records
  • Silas#71Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #71 vs #585 in 2025
  • Titus#358“honorable”
  • Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025
  • Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
  • Gideon#337Editor’s note Down from #327 in 2015 to #337 in 2025 in the US

For a sister

  • Delilah#51Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #115 in 2015, #51 in 2025
  • Hadassah#569“myrtle”
  • Lena#279“the Large River”
  • Shiloh#281Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #605 in 2015, #281 in 2025
  • Elliott#599“my God is Yahweh”
  • Lilah#179Editor’s note Up from #314 in 2015 to #179 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Bible, Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Uriah’s. Rank is US 2025.

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