Kariya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-RY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Kariya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Kariya come from?
Modern: spelling of Kariyah; Ka- + the -riyah ending of names like Amariyah
Meaning borrowed from Kariyah.
Is Kariya a girl's or a boy's name?
Kariya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kariya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Kariya, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2003, with 9 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Kariya in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 48 girls in the US were given Kariya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,626, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
- Kariyah 35
- Cariyah 7
- Kariya 6
Kariya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
Names like Kariya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avaya, Adhara, Anaya, Kaliyah, Prisha, Araya, Saanvi, Avani, Anvika, Janiyah, Kavya, Arya
Other spellings of Kariya
Names related to Kariya
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, “Kariya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kariya, updated 20 October 2026.