Uriah
Uriah is a name with a single cultural origin: Biblical.
- Biblical
Meaning & Origin of Uriah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Uriah is a name with a single cultural origin: Biblical.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical
The Story of Uriah
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Uriah as a girl name dates back to 1987, when 6 babies received it. 2009 was its biggest year on record, with 42 newborns named Uriah — #3,737 in the national rankings. About 34% of every Uriah on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Uriah ranks #5,503 for girls with 23 births, gradually falling (-7%). All told, over 931 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Uriah on the record books as a boy name in 1880, with 10 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2014, when 559 Uriahs were born — ranking #504 that year. About 39% of every Uriah on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Uriah ranks #679 for boys with 403 births, gradually falling (-11%). All told, over 12K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Uriah
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Uriah. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Uriah
Uriah is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 12K births in the dataset. Uriah's peak popularity came in 2014 when it ranked #504. Use the chart and map above to compare Uriah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.