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Uriah: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 427 in 2025. Its best rank was #505 in 2014.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #505 in 2014; #650 in 2025. About 93% of babies named Uriah in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#650 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2014, at #505.
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Uriah: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 427 boys in 2025. Peak: #505 in 2014 · most boys in one year: 559 (2014).
In 2025, 427 US boys were named Uriah, making it the 650th most common boys’ name of the year, up 2 places from #652 in 2024. That is 3 more than the 424 boys named Uriah in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #505, reached in 2014. That year also had the most boys given the name: 559. For comparison, it was #577 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Uriah in 107 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 10 babies. In all, 12,992 US babies have been given the name, 7.0% of them girls and 93% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 5,124 babies named Uriah.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,385 US boys were named Uriah; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 530. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,000 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Uriah ranked highest in Montana in 2025, at #170 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Uri, Uriyah and Oriah are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Riah.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Uri (1,395), Uriyah (715), Oriah (420), Oria (293), Oriyah (233), Urie (229), Uryah (36), Uria (17), Oryah (6).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 20 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | 8 | #170 | — |
| New Mexico | 9 | #233 | #187 |
| West Virginia | 5 | #372 | #377 |
| Oklahoma | 13 | #375 | #568 |
| Nevada | 7 | #440 | — |
| Oregon | 8 | #472 | #544 |
| Arizona | 15 | #488 | #558 |
| Indiana | 14 | #509 | #343 |
| Ohio | 20 | #535 | #475 |
| South Carolina | 9 | #549 | — |
| Tennessee | 14 | #550 | #626 |
| California | 56 | #550 | #480 |
| Wisconsin | 9 | #564 | #598 |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | #604 | #614 |
| Alabama | 8 | #618 | #804 |
| North Carolina | 16 | #619 | #559 |
| Arkansas | 5 | #626 | — |
| Michigan | 13 | #637 | #805 |
| Louisiana | 7 | #663 | #934 |
| Texas | 45 | #668 | #521 |
| Washington | 10 | #679 | #463 |
| Missouri | 8 | #706 | #559 |
| Virginia | 10 | #723 | #618 |
| Colorado | 7 | #751 | #395 |
| Georgia | 12 | #788 | #783 |
| Kentucky | 5 | #809 | #491 |
| Florida | 17 | #883 | #696 |
| Maryland | 5 | #911 | #703 |
| Minnesota | 5 | #922 | #534 |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,126 | #830 |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,170 | #840 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,657 | 427 | #650 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,429 | 424 | #652 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,939 | 381 | #697 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,165 | 383 | #693 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,557 | 385 | #691 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,155 | 421 | #637 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,970 | 449 | #610 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,654 | 464 | #591 |
| 2017 | 27 | #5,040 | 521 | #543 |
| 2016 | 27 | #5,124 | 530 | #545 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,974 | 486 | #577 |
| 2014 | 33 | #4,446 | 559 | #505 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,530 | 493 | #540 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,390 | 451 | #573 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,716 | 435 | #578 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,403 | 462 | #547 |
| 2009 | 42 | #3,795 | 434 | #596 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,870 | 339 | #697 |
| 2007 | 41 | #3,914 | 184 | #1,028 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,683 | 168 | #1,069 |
| 2005 | 26 | #5,106 | 128 | #1,243 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,199 | 126 | #1,215 |
| 2003 | 25 | #5,084 | 123 | #1,204 |
| 2002 | 32 | #4,065 | 124 | #1,153 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,831 | 120 | #1,159 |
| 2000 | 35 | #3,732 | 142 | #1,034 |
| 1999 | 22 | #5,034 | 138 | #1,016 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,630 | 108 | #1,169 |
| 1997 | 21 | #5,003 | 132 | #987 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,273 | 101 | #1,166 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,434 | 108 | #1,096 |
| 1994 | 20 | #5,013 | 94 | #1,191 |
| 1993 | 19 | #5,197 | 84 | #1,246 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,999 | 111 | #1,042 |
| 1991 | 8 | #10,233 | 92 | #1,154 |
| 1990 | — | — | 80 | #1,237 |
| 1989 | 6 | #12,307 | 120 | #931 |
| 1988 | — | — | 93 | #1,022 |
| 1987 | 6 | #11,253 | 105 | #928 |
| 1986 | — | — | 81 | #1,039 |
| 1985 | — | — | 73 | #1,093 |
| 1984 | — | — | 65 | #1,133 |
| 1983 | — | — | 61 | #1,164 |
| 1982 | — | — | 87 | #968 |
| 1981 | — | — | 81 | #1,013 |
| 1980 | — | — | 94 | #922 |
| 1979 | — | — | 81 | #990 |
| 1978 | — | — | 93 | #897 |
| 1977 | — | — | 87 | #912 |
| 1976 | — | — | 85 | #904 |
| 1975 | — | — | 57 | #1,126 |
| 1974 | — | — | 70 | #987 |
| 1973 | — | — | 64 | #1,012 |
| 1972 | — | — | 25 | #1,815 |
| 1971 | — | — | 11 | #3,132 |
| 1970 | — | — | 10 | #3,268 |
| 1969 | — | — | 5 | #5,001 |
| 1968 | — | — | 5 | #4,715 |
| 1964 | — | — | 6 | #4,017 |
| 1963 | — | — | 6 | #4,022 |
| 1961 | — | — | 5 | #4,631 |
| 1958 | — | — | 5 | #4,475 |
| 1957 | — | — | 7 | #3,536 |
| 1955 | — | — | 9 | #2,955 |
| 1954 | — | — | 7 | #3,434 |
| 1953 | — | — | 5 | #4,301 |
| 1952 | — | — | 5 | #4,225 |
| 1949 | — | — | 5 | #4,172 |
| 1948 | — | — | 8 | #2,995 |
| 1945 | — | — | 5 | #3,749 |
| 1944 | — | — | 7 | #3,087 |
| 1942 | — | — | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1941 | — | — | 10 | #2,481 |
| 1938 | — | — | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1936 | — | — | 6 | #3,525 |
| 1935 | — | — | 5 | #4,110 |
| 1932 | — | — | 8 | #3,077 |
| 1931 | — | — | 11 | #2,458 |
| 1930 | — | — | 10 | #2,770 |
| 1929 | — | — | 10 | #2,752 |
| 1928 | — | — | 11 | #2,636 |
| 1927 | — | — | 9 | #3,134 |
| 1926 | — | — | 7 | #3,682 |
| 1925 | — | — | 13 | #2,427 |
| 1924 | — | — | 8 | #3,486 |
| 1923 | — | — | 5 | #4,840 |
| 1922 | — | — | 13 | #2,473 |
| 1921 | — | — | 14 | #2,369 |
| 1920 | — | — | 16 | #2,123 |
| 1919 | — | — | 15 | #2,143 |
| 1918 | — | — | 10 | #2,867 |
| 1917 | — | — | 15 | #2,084 |
| 1916 | — | — | 16 | #1,940 |
| 1915 | — | — | 19 | #1,659 |
| 1914 | — | — | 8 | #2,634 |
| 1913 | — | — | 9 | #2,083 |
| 1912 | — | — | 5 | #2,879 |
| 1911 | — | — | 6 | #1,724 |
| 1897 | — | — | 5 | #1,217 |
| 1894 | — | — | 6 | #1,067 |
| 1893 | — | — | 5 | #1,170 |
| 1891 | — | — | 10 | #631 |
| 1890 | — | — | 9 | #735 |
| 1888 | — | — | 7 | #909 |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #1,086 |
| 1881 | — | — | 6 | #860 |
| 1880 | — | — | 10 | #634 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).