Zariah

What Zariah means

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

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1992, with 9 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Zariah?

US: Rising: up from #506 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #3252 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 750 girls got the name (#407 that year). First in the US records in 1992.

How common

• About 1 in 2,333 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 7,036 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 NM (2.35 per 1,000 girls), MS (1.01 per 1,000 girls), OK (1.01 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Zariah is #449 in the US and #973 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.3% of US babies named Zariah were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Zaria274 US · 24 E&W
• Sariah271 US · 7 E&W
• Xaria45 US
• Zuriah26 US
• Xariah26 US
• Saria25 US
• Syriah23 US
• Zoriah19 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 Zariah

Girls

• Reese#192“ardor”^*
• Zoe#31Variant of Zoë, meaning “life”^*
• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Peyton#199Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #72 in 2015, #199 in 2025
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Emerson#122Editor’s note Used for both: 62% of US babies named Emerson in 2025 were girls

For a brother

• Kaiden#237Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1992, with 12 babies
• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*
• Parker#102From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*
• 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
• Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records

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