Kariyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-RY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Kariyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
Where does Kariyah come from?
Modern: Ka- + the -riyah ending of names like Amariyah
Is Kariyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kariyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kariyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,066th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 159% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Kariyah, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 71 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Kariyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 48 girls in the US were given Kariyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,626, up from #4,066 for this spelling alone.
- Kariyah 35
- Cariyah 7
- Kariya 6
Kariyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 71 | #2,508 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
Names like Kariyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaliyah, Zaniyah, Kamiyah, Zaliyah, Jaliyah, Aziyah, Aaliyah, Sariyah, Jaziyah, Kaziyah, Naziyah, Zamiyah
Other spellings of Kariyah
Kariya
Names related to Kariyah
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, “Kariyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kariyah, updated 20 October 2026.