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Uriel

boy name
Origin
Hebrew
Syllables
3
Peak era
2020s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

“God is my light”

The story

Uriel asks a man to weigh fire, measure a blast of wind and bring back a day that has passed. In the fourth chapter of 2 Esdras, the narrator objects that nobody born could do such things. The angel uses the impossible tasks to challenge his claim to understand the ways of the Most High: even things within ordinary experience escape his explanation. Uriel comes from Hebrew Uri’el, “God is my light,” and is the name of an archangel in Hebrew tradition. Yet the conversation does not give this angel an answer to every question. When the narrator later asks whether he will live to see the events being discussed, Uriel says he was not sent to explain his life and does not know. The messenger who set the questions also states the limit of his own knowledge.

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How popular is Uriel around the world?

In the United States, 3,911 babies were named Uriel between 2020 and 2025. In Mexico City, there were 251 registrations of Uriel in 2022.

Uriel is on the official records of the United States, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Montevideo, Chile, France, England and Wales, Canada, Spain, Brazil, Poland and Austria.

United States

1 in 5,600

In the United States, 3,911 babies were named Uriel between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Uriel peaked in the 2020s.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Mexico City City

1 in 470

In Mexico City, there were 251 registrations of Uriel in 2022.

peak 20052022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (8 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Argentina

1 in 670

In Argentina, 984 newborns were given the name Uriel in 2024.

peak 20122024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Puerto Rico

1 in 3,000

In Puerto Rico, 6 babies were named Uriel in 2025, and 205 have carried the name since 1998.

1998peak 20182025

share of that year’s births on record

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Montevideo City

1 in 6,200 · 2011

In Montevideo, 4 boys named Uriel were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.

1940peak 2008

share of that year’s births on record

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Chile

1 in 7,400

In Chile, 24 boys were registered as Uriel in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

1920peak 2018

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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France

1 in 8,600

In France, about 75 boys named Uriel were born in 2025, the 565th most common name among boys that year.

1950peak 2025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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England and Wales

1 in 8,700

In England and Wales, 63 boys named Uriel were born in 2025, the 606th most common name among boys that year.

1996peak 2025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Canada

1 in 14,000

In Canada, 27 boys named Uriel were born in 2024, the 949th most common name among boys that year.

1991peak 2024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Spain

1 in 19,000

In Spain, 2,333 residents are named Uriel, the 730th most common name among men, with a mean age of 13.6 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Brazil

1 in 32,000

At the 2022 census, 6,235 people in Brazil were named Uriel, ranked 2,350th, with a median age of 13.
Among people named Uriel living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.

1930speak 2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 1,442 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Poland

1 in 49,000

In Poland, 5 boys named Uriel were born in 2025, the 445th most common name among boys that year.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Austria

1 in 76,000

In Austria, 1 boy named Uriel was born in 2025, ranked 1,842nd among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Not on the record in Ireland, New Zealand and Scotland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Uriel

Most people given the name Uriel in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Uriel

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Where Uriel travels

Mexican American · God is my light (an archangel in Hebrew tradition)

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