Neriah

What Neriah means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Neriah yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #946 in 2015 to #760 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Neriah?

US: Rising: up from #946 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #909 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 356 girls got the name (#760 that year). First in the US records in 1994.

How common

• About 1 in 4,515 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,241 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in VA (0.56 per 1,000 girls), MD (0.55 per 1,000 girls), NV (0.54 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Neriah is #760 in the US and #376 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 96.7% of US babies named Neriah were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Nariah130 US · 10 E&W
• Nuria21 US · 15 E&W
• Noriah21 US
• Neorah10 US · 3 E&W
• Nerea11 US
• Naria9 US
• Neria6 US
• Nuriah6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Neriah

Girls

• Haven#190Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #190 vs #1,512 in 2025
• Adalyn#260Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies
• Phoebe#157“bright”^*
• Lydia#92“the region of Lydia”^*
• Journee#258Editor’s note 1,198 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales

For a brother

• Wyatt#38“war + hard, brave”^*
• Jonah#128“dove”^*
• Liam#1Form of William, meaning “will + helmet”^*
• Lane#250Editor’s note Up from #297 in 2015 to #250 in 2025 in the US
• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*
• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Neriah’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.