Zaria

What Zaria means

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

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1982, with 7 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Zaria?

US: Steady: #872 in 2015, #943 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #3615 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2000, when 568 girls got the name (#479 that year). First in the US records in 1982.

How common

• About 1 in 5,866 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 10,553 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 (0.79 per 1,000 girls), NV (0.54 per 1,000 girls), GA (0.51 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Zaria is #943 in the US and #1315 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 Zaria were girls.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Zariah689 US · 36 E&W
• Sariah271 US · 7 E&W
• Xaria45 US
• Zuriah26 US
• Xariah26 US
• Saria25 US
• Zoriah19 US
• Zuria18 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 Zaria

Girls

• Delaney#242“from the alder grove”^*
• Kennedy#85“head + ugly”^*
• Isabelle#166Variant of Elizabeth, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Autumn#88Editor’s note Down from #69 in 2015 to #88 in 2025 in the US
• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records
• Zoe#31Variant of Zoë, meaning “life”^*

For a brother

• Isaiah#57Editor’s note Down from #49 in 2015 to #57 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 320 US boys in the 2025 records
• Griffin#222Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #222 vs #1,035 in 2025
• Noah#2Editor’s note Steady in the US: #1 in 2015 and #2 in 2025. About 1 in 84 US boys in the 2025 records
• Jack#15Short form of John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Cade#248“lump, swelling”^*
• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*

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 Zaria’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.