How Many People Are Named Urijah?

3,746

people named Urijah are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 91,239 people in the US has this name

Based on 3,778 babies named Urijah in Social Security records from 2000 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#4,480

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#1,678

See the top 100

Peak Year

2009

420 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Biblical
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Form of URIAH used in some English versions of the Old Testament (for a character in the Book of Jeremiah).

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
2.3%
Male
97.8%

Of the babies given the name Urijah, 2.3% were girls and 97.8% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 2000s: 4% of the babies were girls then and 0% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Urijah alive today is about 12 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 15 in 2025.

Under 30 3,746
100%
30 to 59 0
0%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Urijah first appears in the records in 2000 and was given most often in 2009, to 420 babies. In 2025, 44 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 2000 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Urijah has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #619, in 2009. In 2025 it ranked #2,875.

Boys
Rank in 2025#2,875
Best rank#619 (2009)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#857 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Urijah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Urijah were born in California than in any other state: about 515 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Urijah was given 8.4 times as often in Hawaii, 7.7 times in New Mexico and 2.5 times in Colorado.

California 515
Texas 415
Florida 159
Washington 117
New Mexico 116
Colorado 111
Ohio 104
North Carolina 99
Indiana 92
Arizona 87
Michigan 85
Tennessee 73
Pennsylvania 71
Hawaii 62
Georgia 59
New York 57
Illinois 56
Oregon 52
Missouri 50
Wisconsin 43
Oklahoma 33
Minnesota 29
Virginia 25
Kentucky 22
Nevada 19
Utah 19
Arkansas 18
Alabama 15
South Dakota 14
South Carolina 13
Montana 12
Maryland 12
Iowa 12
New Jersey 11
Nebraska 8
Louisiana 6
Mississippi 5
Alaska 5

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