Zariyah

What Zariyah means

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

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1996, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Zariyah?

US: Rising: up from #746 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #3252 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 505 girls got the name (#593 that year). First in the US records in 1996.

How common

• About 1 in 3,588 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 7,915 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), GA (0.73 per 1,000 girls), SC (0.71 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Zariyah is #645 in the US and #1051 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 Zariyah were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Sariyah468 US · 7 E&W
• Zariya82 US · 6 E&W
• Sariya71 US
• Sarayah36 US · 8 E&W
• Zaryah44 US
• Zuriyah37 US
• Saryah31 US
• Seriyah31 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 Zariyah

Girls

• Mia#6Editor’s note Steady in the US: #6 in 2015 and #6 in 2025. About 1 in 150 US girls in the 2025 records
• Nyla#236Editor’s note Up from #326 in 2015 to #236 in 2025 in the US
• Adalynn#184Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Ailani#168Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,199 in 2015, #168 in 2025
• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies
• Sofia#9“wisdom, especially divine wisdom”^*

For a brother

• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*
• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025
• Carter#45“son of Arthur”^*
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Giovanni#123Same root as John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Maddox#209Editor’s note Down from #148 in 2015 to #209 in 2025 in the US

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