Neriyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- neh-RY-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,351 for girls
Neriyah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “lamp of God”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).
What does Neriyah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Neriah
“lamp of God”
In the Bible, Neriah is the father of Baruch, the scribe of the prophet Jeremiah.
Is Neriyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Neriyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 32 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Neriyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,961among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 173% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Neriyah, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th.
2025 had the most girls named Neriyah of any year since it first appeared, in 2011.
Half of all the girls named Neriyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Neriyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
How popular is Neriyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,351among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 50,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 203% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Neriyah, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 47 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Neriyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Neriyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,351 |
| 2024 | 47 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
Names like Neriyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah Aaliyah Safa Ayah Aafiyah Ruqayyah Abeeha Sumayyah Raya Taliyah Aasiyah Zainab
Names related to Neriyah
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Neriyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/neriyah, updated 20 October 2026.