Uriah
7% girls · 93% boys
About Uriah
A perfectly respectable Old Testament name ruined forever through its association with the odious Uriah Heep in David Copperfield. Some people also find this name just too close to the word urine. These negative connotations may be wearing off, however. (Perhaps because people don't read as much Dickens as they used to.)
Uriah is also given to girls, where it ranks #4657 in the US.
Pronounced yoo-RY-uh.
As of October 2026, Uriah ranked #650 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #505 in 2014.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #505 | 559 | #4,446 | 33 |
| 2015 | #577 | 486 | #4,974 | 28 |
| 2016 | #545 | 530 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #544 | 520 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #591 | 464 | #4,652 | 30 |
| 2019 | #609 | 449 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #636 | 421 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #691 | 385 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #694 | 382 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #697 | 381 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #654 | 421 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #650 | 427 | #4,657 | 30 |
World rankings
Uriah for boys
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Uriah on lists
Famous Uriahs
- Uriah the HittiteBoy
one of David's mighty men (2 Chr. 11:41)
- UriahBoy
father of Meremoth; priest (Ezra 8:33)
- Uriah HallBoy
Mixed Martial Artist
- Uriah LevyBoy
American naval commander
- Uriah RoseBoy
American lawyer
- Uriah Smith StephensBoy
American labor leader
- Uriah TracyBoy
American politician
- Uriah SmithBoy
American photographer
- Uriah SheltonBoy
American actor
- Uriah Bush (b. 2015)Boy
son of NFL player Reggie Bush
Uriah in pop culture
- Uriah HeepBoy
character in Charles Dickens' "David Copperfield;" "'umble" hypocrite, forger and embezzler, clerk to Mr. Wickfield
- Uriah HeepBoy
British rock band (named for the above)
- Uriah PedradBoy
character in the "Divergent" trilogy by Veronica Roth