NameTides

Uriah

Uriah was the #648 boys' name in the US in 2025 (427 babies), and #3,256 in England & Wales and #1,565 in Canada.

Uriah as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Uriah as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Uriah as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#648 (427)#3,256 (6)#1,565 (14)
2024#651 (424)#2,264 (10)#1,764 (11)
2023#697 (381)#4,992 (3)#1,687 (11)
2022#692 (383)#2,321 (9)#1,557 (12)
2021#689 (385)#3,017 (6)#1,342 (15)
2020#635 (421)#2,228 (9)#1,382 (14)
2019#608 (449)#3,411 (5)#1,326 (15)
2018#590 (464)#2,259 (9)#1,093 (19)
2017#542 (521)#2,734 (7)#1,623 (11)
2016#545 (530)#2,556 (8)#865 (27)
2015#577 (486)#3,004 (6)#791 (30)
2014#504 (559)#2,079 (10)#806 (29)
2013#540 (493)#2,403 (8)#920 (24)
2012#573 (451)#4,805 (3)#1,334 (14)
2011#576 (435)#4,647 (3)#1,569 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #504.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 2025, 7% of US babies named Uriah were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 45,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Uriah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,600 to 1 in 4,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Uriah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #523WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #639WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: #159MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: #1,023ILMichigan: #601MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #438ORNevada: #389NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #483INOhio: #513OHPennsylvania: #577PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #543CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #680CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #648MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: #330WVVirginia: #670VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #463AZNew Mexico: #213NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #520TNNorth Carolina: #591NCSouth Carolina: #501SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #351OKLouisiana: #591LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #573ALGeorgia: #756GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #661TXFlorida: #846FL
Uriah (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
UriahCanadaBoys#1,56514
UriahEngland & WalesBoys#3,2566
UriahNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
UriahUSGirls#4,54630
UriahUSBoys#648427