Is Uriah a boy or girl name?
Uriah is mostly a boy name in the US. In 2024, 24 girls and 421 boys were named Uriah, so 5.4% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 7.1% of the 12,530 US babies named Uriah were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #654
- Girl rank, 2024
- #5,408
- Babies named Uriah since 1880
- 12,530
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 592 babies
Boys and girls named Uriah, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 28 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 35 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1910s | 103 | 0 | 0% |
| 1920s | 106 | 0 | 0% |
| 1930s | 49 | 0 | 0% |
| 1940s | 41 | 0 | 0% |
| 1950s | 38 | 0 | 0% |
| 1960s | 27 | 0 | 0% |
| 1970s | 583 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980s | 860 | 12 | 1.4% |
| 1990s | 1,048 | 167 | 13.7% |
| 2000s | 1,888 | 313 | 14.2% |
| 2010s | 4,849 | 274 | 5.3% |
| 2020s | 1,990 | 119 | 5.6% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 421 | #654 | 24 | #5,408 |
| 2023 | 381 | #697 | 21 | #5,935 |
| 2022 | 382 | #694 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2021 | 385 | #691 | 23 | #5,553 |
| 2020 | 421 | #636 | 25 | #5,153 |
| 2019 | 449 | #609 | 21 | #5,968 |
| 2018 | 464 | #591 | 30 | #4,652 |
| 2017 | 520 | #544 | 27 | #5,038 |
| 2016 | 530 | #545 | 27 | #5,123 |
| 2015 | 486 | #577 | 28 | #4,974 |
| 2014 | 559 | #505 | 33 | #4,446 |
| 2013 | 493 | #540 | 32 | #4,529 |
| 2012 | 451 | #573 | 26 | #5,389 |
| 2011 | 435 | #578 | 24 | #5,713 |
| 2010 | 462 | #547 | 26 | #5,403 |
| 2009 | 434 | #596 | 42 | #3,795 |
| 2008 | 339 | #697 | 31 | #4,870 |
| 2007 | 184 | #1,027 | 41 | #3,913 |
| 2006 | 168 | #1,069 | 31 | #4,683 |
| 2005 | 128 | #1,242 | 26 | #5,104 |
| 2004 | 126 | #1,215 | 25 | #5,197 |
| 2003 | 123 | #1,204 | 25 | #5,084 |
| 2002 | 124 | #1,153 | 32 | #4,065 |
| 2001 | 120 | #1,159 | 25 | #4,831 |
| 2000 | 142 | #1,034 | 35 | #3,732 |
| 1999 | 138 | #1,016 | 22 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 108 | #1,169 | 24 | #4,629 |
| 1997 | 132 | #987 | 21 | #5,003 |
| 1996 | 101 | #1,166 | 19 | #5,273 |
| 1995 | 108 | #1,096 | 18 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 94 | #1,191 | 20 | #5,013 |
| 1993 | 84 | #1,245 | 19 | #5,197 |
| 1992 | 111 | #1,042 | 16 | #5,998 |
| 1991 | 92 | #1,154 | 8 | #10,233 |
| 1990 | 80 | #1,237 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 120 | #931 | 6 | #12,305 |
| 1988 | 93 | #1,021 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 105 | #928 | 6 | #11,252 |
| 1986 | 81 | #1,039 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 73 | #1,093 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 65 | #1,133 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 61 | #1,164 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 87 | #968 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 81 | #1,013 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 94 | #922 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 81 | #990 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 93 | #897 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 87 | #912 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 85 | #904 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 56 | #1,137 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 71 | #978 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 64 | #1,012 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 25 | #1,815 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 11 | #3,132 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,268 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #5,002 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,716 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #4,015 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #4,023 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,630 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #4,475 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,536 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,434 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #4,301 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #4,225 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #4,171 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,994 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,749 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,087 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,536 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,481 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,638 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,525 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,109 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,077 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,458 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,770 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,752 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,636 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,134 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,682 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,427 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,486 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,840 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,473 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,369 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,123 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,143 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,867 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,084 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,940 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,659 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,634 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,083 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,879 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,724 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,217 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,067 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,170 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 10 | #631 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 9 | #735 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 7 | #909 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #1,086 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 6 | #860 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 10 | #634 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Uriah reached #505 in 2014. As a girl name, it reached #3,732 in 2000. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2010s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.