# Uriel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/uriel/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 21,393 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 21,075 / 318 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 357, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οὐριήλ (Ouriḗl), from Hebrew אוּרִיאֵל (“God is my light”).

## What it means

Uriel 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 | 8 | 13,276 |
| 2012 | 13 | 9,084 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,952 |
| 2014 | 5 | 19,032 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11,776 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10,800 |
| 2017 | 23 | 5,653 |
| 2018 | 10 | 10,506 |
| 2019 | 13 | 8,571 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8,373 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10,246 |
| 2022 | 16 | 7,263 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9,560 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8,911 |
| 2025 | 11 | 9,422 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 604 | 448 |
| 2012 | 559 | 482 |
| 2013 | 571 | 484 |
| 2014 | 575 | 491 |
| 2015 | 491 | 573 |
| 2016 | 557 | 530 |
| 2017 | 539 | 526 |
| 2018 | 581 | 495 |
| 2019 | 655 | 457 |
| 2020 | 637 | 467 |
| 2021 | 588 | 500 |
| 2022 | 628 | 486 |
| 2023 | 607 | 498 |
| 2024 | 670 | 462 |
| 2025 | 708 | 446 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 13 | 1,756 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,586 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 12 | 1,923 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,112 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,431 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1,391 |
| 2022 | 23 | 1,179 |
| 2023 | 32 | 942 |
| 2024 | 31 | 981 |
| 2025 | 63 | 606 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Uriel
- Hebrew: אוּרִיאֵל, אוֹרִיאֵל
- Portuguese: Uriel

## People named Uriel

- Uriel Weinreich, American linguist (1926–1967)
- Uriel Sebree, 2nd Governor of American Samoa, US Navy Rear Admiral (1848–1922)
- Uriel Jones, American drummer (1934–2009)
- Uri Rosenthal, Dutch former politician
- Adonis Frías, Argentine footballer
- Tiago PZK, Argentine rapper and singer (born 2001)

## 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.