Urijah
Urijah is a name with a single cultural origin: Biblical.
- Biblical
Meaning & Origin of Urijah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Urijah 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 Urijah
Urijah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2000, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2009, when 403 Urijahs were born — ranking #619 that year. As of 2026, Urijah ranks #2,993 for baby boys with 42 births, falling sharply (-51%). In total, more than 4K Urijahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Urijah
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About the name Urijah
Urijah is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2000 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Urijah's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #619. Use the chart and map above to compare Urijah'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.