How rare is the name Uriah?

8,415 people in the United States have the first name Uriah, about 1 in 35,892. It ranks #2,773 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

URIAH

#2,773

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,415
About
1 in 35,892
This common or more
80.8%
Who bears it

Of the 8,415 people named Uriah, 42.4% reported their origin as White, 21.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 20.9% as Black. 92.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Uriah peaked in 2014, when 592 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2014
Births that year
592
In 2025*
457 ▼23%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 12,992 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Uriah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,127. The largest share of babies named Uriah, 48.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#2,08028
1890s#2,47635
1910s#4,053103
1920s#5,144106
1930s#6,60649
1940s#7,45341
1950s#8,90038
1960s#11,21927
1970s#2,684583
1980s#2,363872
1990s#2,3651,215
2000s#1,9222,201
2010s#1,1275,124
2020s#1,3072,570
Before 19010.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–271.4%
Silent Generation 1928–450.8%
Baby boom 1946–640.5%
Generation X 1965–805.3%
Millennials 1981–9611.9%
Generation Z 1997–1231.3%
2013 and later48.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Uriah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Uriah has been most common in New Mexico (6×), Colorado (3.5×), and Arizona (3×), and least common in New Jersey (0.19×).

9,010 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Uriah

#2,771 Alexandre · 8,417#2,772 Herminia · 8,416#2,774 Mika · 8,413#2,775 Dorthy · 8,404

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Uriah, most common first.

#24,497 Uriyah · 393#40,339 Uria · 185

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