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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009peak #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 2009

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #203 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 695 boysAKMaine: 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: #404 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,174 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedIDMontana: #235 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 800 boysMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #489 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,245 boysMNIllinois: #772 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 6,046 boysILWisconsin: #442 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,870 boysWIMichigan: #388 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 2,350 boysMINew York: #1,312 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 13,464 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedRIOregon: #294 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,288 boysORNevada: #378 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,051 boysNVWyoming: 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: #486 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,116 boysINOhio: #437 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 2,983 boysOHPennsylvania: #783 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 6,902 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #537 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 4,324 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedUTColorado: #560 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,593 boysCONebraska: #304 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,297 boysNEMissouri: #663 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,780 boysMOKentucky: #603 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,685 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedWVVirginia: #631 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,684 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #146 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 530 boysNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Urijah, so not publishedKSArkansas: #455 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,504 boysARTennessee: #587 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,036 boysTNNorth Carolina: #568 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 3,845 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: #676 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,832 boysALGeorgia: #1,124 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 9,837 boysGAHawaii: #180 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 658 boysHITexas: #671 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 5,179 boysTXFlorida: #607 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 4,332 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Mexico#146 · 1 in 530
  2. Hawaii#180 · 1 in 658
  3. Alaska#203 · 1 in 695
  4. Montana#235 · 1 in 800
  5. Oregon#294 · 1 in 1,288

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#146201 in 530
Hawaii#18071 in 658
Alaska#20351 in 695
Montana#23551 in 800
Oregon#294151 in 1,288
Nebraska#30481 in 1,297
Nevada#37871 in 2,051
Michigan#388211 in 2,350
Washington#404171 in 2,174
Ohio#437211 in 2,983
Wisconsin#442101 in 2,870
Arkansas#45561 in 2,504
Indiana#486121 in 3,116
Minnesota#48991 in 3,245
California#537561 in 4,324
Colorado#56081 in 3,593
North Carolina#568141 in 3,845
Tennessee#58791 in 4,036
Kentucky#60351 in 4,685
Florida#607221 in 4,332
Virginia#63191 in 4,684
Missouri#66371 in 4,780
Texas#671361 in 5,179
Alabama#67651 in 4,832
Illinois#772121 in 6,046
Pennsylvania#78391 in 6,902
Georgia#1,12461 in 9,837
New York#1,31281 in 13,464
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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 2009

girls
#7,341
17 births · 1 in 108,066 girls
boys
#619
403 births · 1 in 4,922 boys

Top girls' names in 2009

  1. #1Isabella22,321
  2. #2Emma17,910
  3. #3Olivia17,444
  4. #4Sophia16,951
  5. #5Ava15,877
  6. #6Emily15,366
  7. #7Madison15,257
  8. #8Abigail14,401
  9. #9Chloe11,922
  10. #10Mia11,438
  11. #7,341Urijah17

Top boys' names in 2009

  1. #1Jacob21,204
  2. #2Ethan19,858
  3. #3Michael18,964
  4. #4Alexander18,254
  5. #5William17,937
  6. #6Joshua17,671
  7. #7Daniel17,564
  8. #8Jayden17,316
  9. #9Noah17,262
  10. #10Christopher16,368
  11. #619Urijah403
More about 2009

girls

1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 108,066 of them was named Urijah, which outranked 63.7% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Urijah
  1. #7,066Zeriah18
  2. #7,066Ziyonna18
  3. #7,066Zyion18
  4. #7,341Urijah17
  5. #7,341Abeni17
  6. #7,341Aby17
  7. #7,341Adelai17
  8. #7,679Aalia16
  9. #7,679Aamina16
  10. #7,679Aaryanna16

Tied with 337 names at #7,341; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,137Taraji#5,013 → #876
  2. ↑ 2,107Bristol#2,773 → #666
  3. ↑ 836Analia#1,167 → #331
  4. ↑ 773Harlow#1,677 → #904
  5. ↑ 610Maliah#1,405 → #795
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,450Dayami#754 → #2,204
  2. ↓ 953Mareli#723 → #1,676
  3. ↓ 773Mylie#839 → #1,612
  4. ↓ 517Marely#334 → #851
  5. ↓ 515Hillary#722 → #1,237

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

boys

1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 4,922 of them was named Urijah, which outranked 95.7% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Urijah
  1. #616Joey408
  2. #617Rashad407
  3. #618Kenny404
  4. #619Urijah403
  5. #620Wade402
  6. #621Kasen401
  7. #621Willie401
Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 951Knox#1,655 → #704
  2. ↑ 510Kellan#1,133 → #623
  3. ↑ 462Jaxen#1,329 → #867
  4. ↑ 422Bentley#936 → #514
  5. ↑ 354Archer#1,037 → #683
Fallers
  1. ↓ 493Yurem#995 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 222Cordell#786 → #1,008
  3. ↓ 212Shamar#926 → #1,138
  4. ↓ 201Trevin#797 → #998
  5. ↓ 198Glenn#865 → #1,063

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

See the top 100 for 2009 →