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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Uriel

Uriel was the 446th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 708 babies. Its best year was 2008, when it ranked 386th with 789 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 127 places. More babies were named Uriel in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Meaning God is my light · Hebrew

Say it YOOR-ee-el /ˈjʊriɛl/

Rank in 2025
#446 boys, up 21 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
708boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
2008789 babies
Total since 1880
21,393babies recorded

What does the name Uriel mean?

Uriel is Hebrew, "God is my light", from ur, "light, flame", and el, "God". In the Bible it is the name of a Levite (1 Chronicles 15:5); in later Jewish and Christian tradition Uriel is an archangel, as Wiktionary notes. It is used in Jewish families and in Spanish-speaking families in the US.

אוּרִיאֵל (Biblical Hebrew, “God is my light”)

How sure is this? Well established.

Related names: Uri, Uriah, Ariel.

See also: Hebrew names, names that mean God, names that mean light.

Sources for this meaning

Uriel popularity since 1880

02505007501k 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few girls are given the name too: 318 since 1988, 11 in 2025.

YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#446708
2020#467637
2010#441615
2000#476494
1990#689217
1980#1,07871
1970#1,52032
1960#2,30814
1950——
1940——
1930#3,2738
1920#2,94810
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Uriel, counting every spelling?

Uriel has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #445 for boys in 2025, against #446 on the official list.

How many kids will share the name Uriel?

708 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Uriel (0.20 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Uriel born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 12 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Uriel.

Chance of another Uriel in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inCaliforniaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Uriel?

About 20,500 people born in the US named Uriel are alive today, with a median age of 18; half are between 9 and 26. That makes Uriel mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Uriel by state

How common Uriel was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New Mexico (3.7×), California (2.2×), Texas (2.1×), Arizona (2.0×), Oregon (1.7×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in South Carolina, Connecticut, Kentucky.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesWI0.26Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.47 per 1,000 babiesWA0.47Idaho: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesID0.12Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesMN0.19Illinois: 0.40 per 1,000 babiesIL0.40Michigan: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesMI0.15New York: 0.37 per 1,000 babiesNY0.37Massachusetts: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesMA0.22Oregon: 0.65 per 1,000 babiesOR0.65Nevada: 0.53 per 1,000 babiesNV0.53Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesIA0.22Indiana: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesIN0.23Ohio: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesOH0.14Pennsylvania: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesPA0.16New Jersey: 0.38 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.38Connecticut: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesCT0.07Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.82 per 1,000 babiesCA0.82Utah: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesUT0.19Colorado: 0.57 per 1,000 babiesCO0.57Nebraska: 0.39 per 1,000 babiesNE0.39Missouri: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesMO0.09Kentucky: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesKY0.09West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesVA0.20Maryland: 0.39 per 1,000 babiesMD0.39Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.75 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.75New Mexico: 1.4 per 1,000 babiesNM1.4Kansas: 0.39 per 1,000 babiesKS0.39Arkansas: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesAR0.17Tennessee: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesTN0.24North Carolina: 0.32 per 1,000 babiesNC0.32South Carolina: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesSC0.07District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.52 per 1,000 babiesOK0.52Louisiana: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesLA0.10Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesAL0.27Georgia: 0.32 per 1,000 babiesGA0.32Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.79 per 1,000 babiesTX0.79Florida: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesFL0.27
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Uriel, boys, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Uriel: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Uriel, they share its era and feel.

Middle names for Uriel · Sibling names for Uriel

Questions about the name Uriel

What does Uriel mean?

Uriel means “God is my light” (Hebrew origin). Certainty: well established.

How popular is the name Uriel?

Uriel was the 446th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 708 babies. Its best year was 2008, when it ranked 386th with 789 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 127 places. More babies were named Uriel in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Uriel a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Uriel in the US.

Where is Uriel most popular?

In 2021–2025, Uriel was most common in New Mexico (1.37 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and Texas.