Uria

#11,887 in 2025Boys' name

From Biblical Hebrew אוּרִיָּה; literal meaning unconfirmed

Uria has been given to 17 babies in the U.S. since 1974. In 2025 it ranked #11,887 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2004, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Uria, 2025

1 in 553,000

Uria over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Uria: meaning, origin, and history

From Biblical Hebrew אוּרִיָּה; literal meaning unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Uria means

Uria is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Uria is used in Italian.

Uria comes through Biblical Hebrew אוּרִיָּה.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 17 boys were recorded with the name Uria between 1974 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2004; its best national rank was #5,970 in 1974.

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.

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How common is Uria?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 553,000; 6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 285,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #11,887; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 382,984 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Uria 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 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Uria. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Urias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Uria was born before 2004 — so the typical Uria is around 21 today.

Median birth year: 2004; About 21 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 35.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 70.6%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 17; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 35.3% of all recorded uses (6).

Is Uria 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2004 (6)
Years since peak: 21; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #5,970; 1974

Spellings of Uria

Uria is not the most common spelling — Brian is, with 47.8% against Uria's <0.01%.

Brian47.8%1,173,735
Eric36.2%888,891
Erik6.4%157,461
Ira2.3%55,410
Uriel0.86%21,075
Ari0.84%20,592
Kris0.59%14,400
Uriah0.49%12,077

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Uria by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #11,887
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #5,970; 1974
Peak year: 2004; 6 that year
First recorded: 1974
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 17
Count in 2025: 6

Names similar to Uria

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

Urie Iria Oria Bria Taria Urijha Urias Adria Zakria Tyria Daria Urian Uriyah Aria Uri Sakaria Zacaria Amaria Andria Azaria Jamaria Zakeria Demaria Zaccaria

Sibling names for Uria

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

For a sister

Sydni Shyann Sydnie Alysa Jacquelin Halie Gabriel Shakira

For a brother

Aaden Kale Jarod Keven Zakary Garret Samual Donavon

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