Sariyah

What Sariyah means

Means “a cloud that comes by night”

Borrowed from Arabic سَارِيَة (sāriya), the meaning “a cloud that comes by night”.

Source: Wiktionary, “Sariyah” (revision 71473160), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Sariyah?

US: Rising: up from #982 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 518 girls got the name (#577 that year). First in the US records in 1998.

How common

• About 1 in 3,434 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 36,183 baby girls in England and Wales 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 MS (2.13 per 1,000 girls), LA (0.98 per 1,000 girls), SC (0.98 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Sariyah is #624 in the US and #3333 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Sariyah were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Zariyah448 US · 32 E&W
• Saroya143 US
• Saraya110 US · 15 E&W
• Zariya82 US · 6 E&W
• Serayah71 US · 16 E&W
• Sariya71 US
• Sarayah36 US · 8 E&W
• Zaryah44 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 Sariyah

Girls

• Lylah#584Editor’s note Up from #629 in 2015 to #584 in 2025 in the US
• Leila#259Editor’s note Steady in the US: #247 in 2015 and #259 in 2025
• Lila#186“lilac”^*
• Leyla#611Editor’s note Up from #782 in 2015 to #611 in 2025 in the US
• Layla#36Editor’s note Down from #30 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US
• Lyla#80Editor’s note Up from #141 in 2015 to #80 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 520 US girls in the 2025 records

For a brother

• Hamza#541“lion”^*
• Omari#686Editor’s note Down from #508 in 2015 to #686 in 2025 in the US
• Zahir#738Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 7 babies
• Mohamed#527Variant of Muhammad, meaning “praised, commendable, laudable”^*
• Rayan#588Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #178 vs #588 in 2025
• Zaid#675Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1969, with 5 babies

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Arabic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Sariyah’s. Rank is US 2025.