# Uri (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/uri/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “light” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈuːɹi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,395 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,255 / 140 (10% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 50, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew אוּרִי (úri, “light”).

## What it means

Uri is grouped under light.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 6 | 17,515 |
| 2008 | 7 | 15,306 |
| 2009 | 5 | 20,033 |
| 2010 | 6 | 16,855 |
| 2012 | 6 | 16,711 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18,922 |
| 2016 | 11 | 10,067 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9,886 |
| 2018 | 7 | 13,706 |
| 2019 | 16 | 7,313 |
| 2020 | 17 | 6,904 |
| 2021 | 11 | 9,504 |
| 2022 | 8 | 12,162 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9,559 |
| 2024 | 13 | 8,404 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 4,500 |
| 2012 | 19 | 5,027 |
| 2013 | 37 | 3,056 |
| 2014 | 28 | 3,778 |
| 2015 | 29 | 3,768 |
| 2016 | 26 | 4,087 |
| 2017 | 28 | 3,880 |
| 2018 | 32 | 3,519 |
| 2019 | 35 | 3,341 |
| 2020 | 29 | 3,723 |
| 2021 | 35 | 3,355 |
| 2022 | 49 | 2,712 |
| 2023 | 60 | 2,340 |
| 2024 | 40 | 3,100 |
| 2025 | 42 | 2,984 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 5 | 2,254 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Uri

- Uri Caine, American pianist and composer (born 1956)
- Uri Rosenthal, Dutch former politician
- Uri Poliavich, Businessman, philanthropist, and the founder of Soft2Bet
- Uri Coronel, Dutch sports executive (1946-2016)
- Robert Alter, American professor (b. 1935)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.