# Uriah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/uriah/  
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 | “god is my light” |
| Pronunciation | /jʊəˈɹaɪə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Ury |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,992 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 12,077 / 915 (7% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 126, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew אוּרִיָּה ('ūriyyā, literally “God is my light”).

## What it means

Uriah 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 5,716 |
| 2012 | 26 | 5,390 |
| 2013 | 32 | 4,530 |
| 2014 | 33 | 4,446 |
| 2015 | 28 | 4,974 |
| 2016 | 27 | 5,124 |
| 2017 | 27 | 5,040 |
| 2018 | 30 | 4,654 |
| 2019 | 21 | 5,970 |
| 2020 | 25 | 5,155 |
| 2021 | 23 | 5,557 |
| 2022 | 26 | 5,165 |
| 2023 | 21 | 5,939 |
| 2024 | 24 | 5,429 |
| 2025 | 30 | 4,657 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 435 | 578 |
| 2012 | 451 | 573 |
| 2013 | 493 | 540 |
| 2014 | 559 | 505 |
| 2015 | 486 | 577 |
| 2016 | 530 | 545 |
| 2017 | 521 | 543 |
| 2018 | 464 | 591 |
| 2019 | 449 | 610 |
| 2020 | 421 | 637 |
| 2021 | 385 | 691 |
| 2022 | 383 | 693 |
| 2023 | 381 | 697 |
| 2024 | 424 | 652 |
| 2025 | 427 | 650 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,259 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,263 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## In other languages

- Hebrew: אוּרִיָּה
- Italian: Uria
- Polish: Uriasz

## People named Uriah

- Uriah Shelton, American actor and singer
- Uriah Tracy, American politician (1755-1807)
- Uriah Rennie, English football referee (1959–2025)
- Uriah Smith, American Seventh-day Adventist minister (1832–1903)

## 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.