Urijah
Urijah was the 2876th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 44 babies. Its best year was 2009, when it ranked 619th with 403 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,993 places. More babies were named Urijah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,876 boys, down 1,222 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 44boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2009403 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,778babies recorded
Urijah popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 85 since 2008.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,876 | 44 |
| 2020 | #1,654 | 97 |
| 2010 | #625 | 390 |
| 2000 | #10,291 | 6 |
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How popular is Urijah, counting every spelling?
Urijah has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Urijah?
44 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Urijah (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Urijah 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 191 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Urijah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Urijah?
About 3,700 people born in the US named Urijah are alive today, with a median age of 13; half are between 10 and 16. That makes Urijah mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Urijah by state
How common Urijah was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 42 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Urijah
How popular is the name Urijah?
Urijah was the 2876th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 44 babies. Its best year was 2009, when it ranked 619th with 403 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,993 places. More babies were named Urijah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Urijah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Urijah in the US.
Where is Urijah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Urijah was most common in New Mexico (0.15 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and California.