girls:
295 births since 1988
#5421 (5th percentile)
boys:
19.7k births since 1913
#825 (82nd percentile)
overall:
20k births since 1913
#1815 (77th percentile)
The name Uriel is the #1,815 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 19,987 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 76.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 76.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #825 (82.0% percentile) for all time with 19,692 births since 1913. For girls, it ranks #5,421 (5.1% percentile) for all time with 295 births since 1988.
Uriel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for boys and 1988 for girls). Birth data for Uriel is available in 92 out of the 111 years between 1913 and 2023 (92 years for boys and 34 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Uriel has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Uriel reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 59.4% percentile (ranked #369) with 362 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 362 births per million (ranked 59.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Uriel ranks #444 for boys (51.3% percentile) with 331 births per million, which is 91.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Uriel reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #931) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Uriel ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 51.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Uriel".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Uriel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 40.9% confident that Uriel is pronounced as YOO-ree-uhl, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is YUE-ree-uhl, at 20.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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