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Uriah

Pronounced /jʊəˈɹaɪə/

Rank in 2024
#653
Born in 2024
421
Peak year
2014 · #504
Origin
Hebrew

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 421 boys were named Uriah, about 1 in every 4,074.
  • It peaked in 2014 with 559 babies, ranked #504.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 11,645 boys have been named Uriah since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Uriah per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Silent
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    Millennials
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    Gen Z
  7. 0.3
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 188 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 98 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 68 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 687 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,436 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,614 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 5,491 babies, 0.25 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

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

  • (rather rare) A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
/jʊəˈɹaɪə/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Uriah, CC BY-SA 4.0.