Nuriya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- noo-REE-yah
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Nuriya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “of light, luminous”. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Nuriya mean?
Arabic: spelling of Nuriyah; from nur 'light'
“of light, luminous”
Meaning borrowed from Nuriyah.
Is Nuriya a girl's or a boy's name?
Nuriya 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 Nuriya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 74% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Nuriya, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Nuriya in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nuriya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
Names like Nuriya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safiya Nusaybah Sariyah Safa Zahara Asiya Aaliyah Aliya Naziyah Ziya Amira Adhara
Names related to Nuriya
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
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, “Nuriya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nuriya, updated 20 October 2026.