Moriyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mo-RYE-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Moriyah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Moriyah mean?
Hebrew: variant of Moriah, a biblical place name
In Genesis, Abraham is sent to Mount Moriah to sacrifice Isaac; tradition places it at Jerusalem's Temple Mount.
Is Moriyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Moriyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Moriyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Moriyah, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Moriyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Moriyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
Names like Moriyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Aaliyah, Hadassah, Zaliyah, Kaliyah, Naziyah, Taliyah, Jaliyah, Aziyah, Kamiyah, Sariyah, Samiyah
Names related to Moriyah
Mariah, Moriah, Mariyah, Moira, Mariya, Maryah, Myriah, Meriah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Moriyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/moriyah, updated 20 October 2026.