Kariah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-RYE-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Kariah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
Where does Kariah come from?
Modern: modern coinage, compare Keira and Mariah
Is Kariah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kariah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kariah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Kariah, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Kariah in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kariah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 31 | #4,541 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
Names like Kariah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaliyah Zariah Zaniyah Kamiyah Aaliyah Jaliyah Hadassah Zaliyah Azariah Janiyah Aziyah Sariyah
Names related to Kariah
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kariah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kariah, updated 20 October 2026.