Name meaning & stats
Uriah
Uriah means “God is my light” (Hebrew origin). 12,671 US babies since 1940, peak 2014.
What it means
“God is my light”
HebrewWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2014
12,671 US babies were named Uriah between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Uriah (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 95% of the family
- Uriah 95%
- Uriyah 5%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2014)