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Zuriel

#1,727 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

My rock is God

Zuriel has been given to 2,468 babies in the U.S. since 1977. In 2025 it ranked #1,727 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 97 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 80% boys, 20% girls all-time.

Babies named Zuriel, 2025

1 in 34,900

Zuriel over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Zuriel over time

In 2025, Zuriel went to 24% girls and 76% boys.

19772025

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.

Zuriel: meaning, origin, and history

My rock is God

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Zuriel means

Zuriel means “my rock is God”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,966 boys were recorded with the name Zuriel between 1977 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 97 in 2024; its best national rank was #1,656 in 2014.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,211 in 2020 to #1,727 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,353 in 2015 to #1,727 in 2025.

In the United States, 502 girls were recorded with the name Zuriel between 1998 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 43 in 2014; its best national rank was #3,649 in 2014.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,449 in 2020 to #4,659 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,717 in 2015 to #4,659 in 2025.

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.

How common is Zuriel?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 34,900
95 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 18,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,727
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
24,190 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Zuriel 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 24,190 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zuriel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zuriels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zuriel was born before 2011 — so the typical Zuriel is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
32.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
83.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,966
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 32.7% of all recorded uses (643).

Is Zuriel 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
−4
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+484
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+626
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.70×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
97.9%
Peak was 2024 (97)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,656
2014

Spellings of Zuriel

Zuriel is not the most common spelling — Adriel is, with 32.3% against Zuriel's 1.9%.

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.

Where Zuriel is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Zuriel was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 16,667 boys, against 1 in 29,952 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

16 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 16,667
  2. 2New York1 in 25,000
  3. 3Arizona1 in 33,333
  4. 4California1 in 33,333
  5. 5Georgia1 in 33,333
  6. 6Florida1 in 50,000
  7. 7Massachusetts1 in 50,000
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 100,000

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.

Where Zuriel is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Zuriel was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 544,109 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Zuriel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Zuriel around the world

Where Zuriel 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
    #782
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2024–2025
    #647
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2014–2024
    #1,144
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2012–2012
    #771
    in 2012

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

Zuriel by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,727
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 484
Best rank ever
#1,656
2014
Peak year
2024
97 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,966
Count in 2025
95

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,659
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 210
Best rank ever
#3,649
2014
Peak year
2014
43 that year
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
502
Count in 2025
30

Names similar to Zuriel

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

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Sibling names for Zuriel

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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