girls:
210 births since 2004
#5506 (4th percentile)
boys:
436 births since 2007
#4150 (9th percentile)
overall:
646 births since 2004
#7093 (8th percentile)
The name Uriyah is the #7,093 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 646 recorded births since 2004. This represents the 8.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,150 (9.4% percentile) for all time with 436 births since 2007. For girls, it ranks #5,506 (3.6% percentile) for all time with 210 births since 2004.
Uriyah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2004 (2004 for girls and 2007 for boys). Birth data for Uriyah is available in 19 out of the 20 years between 2004 and 2023. 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 Uriyah has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (67.5% of all recorded births). In 2023, 48.8% of babies named Uriyah were boys. Interestingly, until around 2008, the name was more popular for girls (73.9% girls from 2004 to 2007), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (69.0% boys from 2008 to 2023).
For boys, Uriyah reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #874) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Uriyah ranks #895 for boys (1.8% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 64.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Uriyah reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #930) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 13 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Uriyah is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #930 (1.8% percentile) with 13 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Uriyah".
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Our model has identified 16 different pronunciations for the name Uriyah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 15.0% confident that Uriyah is pronounced as yoo-REE-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is yoo-RAI-uh, at 15.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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