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Uri

#2,983 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

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Uri has been given to 1,395 babies in the U.S. since 1913. In 2025 it ranked #2,983 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 60 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.

Babies named Uri, 2025

1 in 78,900

Uri over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Uri over time

In 2025, Uri went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19132025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Uri: meaning, origin, and history

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Hebrew

What Uri means

Uri means “light”, associated with úri.

Origin, language, and formation

Uri is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Uri comes through Hebrew אוּרִי.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Uri is pronounced /ˈuːɹi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,255 boys were recorded with the name Uri between 1913 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 60 in 2023; its best national rank was #2,099 in 1979.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,720 in 2020 to #2,983 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,767 in 2015 to #2,983 in 2025.

In the United States, 140 girls were recorded with the name Uri between 2007 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 17 in 2020; its best national rank was #6,900 in 2020.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Uri?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 78,900
42 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 40,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,983
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
54,713 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Uri sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 54,713 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Uri. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Uris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Uri was born before 2007 — so the typical Uri is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
23.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
60.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,250
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2010s — 23.4% of all recorded uses (294).

Is Uri rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+116
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+737
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+784
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.45×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
70.0%
Peak was 2023 (60)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,099
1979

Where Uri is used

Across 1910–2025, Uri was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 151,064 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Jersey1 in 50,000
  2. 2New York1 in 50,000
  3. 3California1 in —
  4. 4Florida1 in —
  5. 5North Carolina1 in —
  6. 6Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Uri has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Uri around the world

Where Uri ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2002–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2020–2020
    #2,945
    in 2020
  • South Australia
    1975–1976
    #651
    in 1976

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Uri by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,983
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 737
Best rank ever
#2,099
1979
Peak year
2023
60 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,255
Count in 2025
42

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,900
2020
Peak year
2020
17 that year
First recorded
2007
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
140
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Uri

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Uri

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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