Urijah

Last seen for girls in 2016 at #12,876 · #2,833 for boys in 2025, 44 births
Given to boys 97.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
2009 · 403 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,693
since 2000

Urijah over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Urijah has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202008peak #619, 2009boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,83344
2024—#2,59551
2023—#2,41656
2022—#1,79291
2021—#1,90380
2020—#1,64797
2019—#1,472117
2018—#1,401125
2017—#1,138167
2016#12,8767#954217
2015—#880253
2014#16,5135#787293
2013#9,61211#754302
2012#7,80415#665355
2011#16,7645#651360
2010#8,70113#625390
2009#7,34117#619403
2008#9,47612#886237
2007—#3,68728
2006—#12,0555
2005—#11,4725
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2001—#9,2436
2000—#9,1126
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First appearance
2000

The first year at least five boys were named Urijah! It came in at #9,112, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2002–2006, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Urijah is popular in 2008

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedNHWashington: #660 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,655 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #633 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,972 boysMNIllinois: #1,371 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 14,951 boysILWisconsin: #726 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,871 boysWIMichigan: #947 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,567 boysMINew York: #1,794 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 21,823 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedIAIndiana: #626 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,786 boysINOhio: #610 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 4,956 boysOHPennsylvania: #913 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 9,124 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #698 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 7,060 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedUTColorado: #609 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,239 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedWVVirginia: #940 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,595 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedDEArizona: #905 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,681 boysAZNew Mexico: #276 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,240 boysNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,098 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 11,143 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedMSAlabama: #692 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,021 boysALGeorgia: #1,006 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 8,741 boysGAHawaii: #191 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 715 boysHITexas: #992 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 10,511 boysTXFlorida: #780 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 6,282 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#191 · 1 in 715
  2. New Mexico#276 · 1 in 1,240
  3. Colorado#609 · 1 in 4,239
  4. Ohio#610 · 1 in 4,956
  5. Indiana#626 · 1 in 4,786

Best ever in a state: #118 in Hawaii, 2011.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#19171 in 715
New Mexico#27691 in 1,240
Colorado#60971 in 4,239
Ohio#610131 in 4,956
Indiana#62681 in 4,786
Minnesota#63361 in 4,972
Washington#66081 in 4,655
Alabama#69251 in 5,021
California#698361 in 7,060
Wisconsin#72651 in 5,871
Florida#780161 in 6,282
Arizona#90551 in 8,681
Pennsylvania#91371 in 9,124
Virginia#94051 in 8,595
Michigan#94761 in 8,567
Texas#992181 in 10,511
Georgia#1,00671 in 8,741
North Carolina#1,09851 in 11,143
Illinois#1,37151 in 14,951
New York#1,79451 in 21,823
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See more about Urijah
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 238 spots since 2024 (#2,595 → #2,833)
  • 1,186 spots since 2020 (#1,647 → #2,833)
  • 1,953 spots since 2015 (#880 → #2,833)
  • Biggest jump: 2,801 spots in 2008 (#3,687 → #886)
  • Biggest drop: 184 spots in 2017 (#954 → #1,138)
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2000
  • Peaked 2009 at #619 (403 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2008–2016
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,920
  • Highest: 1 in 4,920 boys born in 2010 were named Urijah (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 38,820 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #619 in 2009, was only 1 in 4,922 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 69.8% of all boys named Urijah (2,579) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s695#619 (2009)#7,218
2010s2,579#625 (2010)#933
2020s419#1,647 (2020)#2,198

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Urijah in 2008

girls
#9,476
12 births · 1 in 157,578 girls
boys
#886
237 births · 1 in 8,608 boys

Top girls' names in 2008

  1. #1Emma18,830
  2. #2Isabella18,629
  3. #3Emily17,448
  4. #4Olivia17,088
  5. #5Ava17,051
  6. #6Madison17,047
  7. #7Sophia16,091
  8. #8Abigail15,088
  9. #9Elizabeth12,027
  10. #10Chloe11,836
  11. #9,476Urijah12

Top boys' names in 2008

  1. #1Jacob22,621
  2. #2Michael20,652
  3. #3Ethan20,223
  4. #4Joshua19,231
  5. #5Daniel19,032
  6. #6Alexander18,711
  7. #7Anthony18,417
  8. #8William18,403
  9. #9Christopher17,966
  10. #10Matthew17,604
  11. #886Urijah237
More about 2008

girls

1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 157,578 of them was named Urijah, which outranked 53.7% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Urijah
  1. #8,965Zuriah13
  2. #8,965Zyairah13
  3. #8,965Zynia13
  4. #9,476Urijah12
  5. #9,476Aamna12
  6. #9,476Aamya12
  7. #9,476Aarionna12
  8. #10,084Aamani11
  9. #10,084Aashrita11
  10. #10,084Aashvi11

Tied with 607 names at #9,476; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,375Dayami#10,129 → #754
  2. ↑ 4,524Allisson#4,944 → #420
  3. ↑ 1,019Alisson#1,804 → #785
  4. ↑ 851Milagros#1,579 → #728
  5. ↑ 807Mareli#1,530 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 391Kelis#968 → #1,359
  2. ↓ 390Joselin#755 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 378Tyra#947 → #1,325
  4. ↓ 363Montana#932 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 337Allyssa#988 → #1,325

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 8,608 of them was named Urijah, which outranked 93.9% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Urijah
  1. #882Dereon238
  2. #882Konnor238
  3. #882Yosef238
  4. #886Urijah237
  5. #886Fisher237
  6. #886Jovan237
  7. #886Zack237
  8. #890Jaydan236
  9. #890Nick236
  10. #892Quinten235

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,801Urijah#3,687 → #886
  2. ↑ 1,035Jadiel#1,912 → #877
  3. ↑ 790Aaden#1,132 → #342
  4. ↑ 676Chace#1,337 → #661
  5. ↑ 500Marley#1,263 → #763
Fallers
  1. ↓ 688Kelan#977 → #1,665
  2. ↓ 286Talen#990 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 281Nery#901 → #1,182
  4. ↓ 250Kellan#883 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 250Efren#977 → #1,227

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2008 →