Nuriyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- noo-REE-yah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Nuriyah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “of light, luminous”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Nuriyah mean?
Arabic: from nur 'light'
“of light, luminous”
Is Nuriyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Nuriyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nuriyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Nuriyah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nuriyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Nuriyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
How popular is Nuriyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 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, 10 girls in the US were named Nuriyah, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Nuriyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nuriyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
Names like Nuriyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Aaliyah, Safa, Aafiyah, Ruqayyah, Abeeha, Sumayyah, Ayah, Zainab, Aasiyah, Hafsa, Aaminah
Names related to Nuriyah
Neriah, Nurah, Nourah, Nariah, Nariyah, Neriyah, Nuria, Noriah, Nariya, Naryah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Nuriyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nuriyah, updated 20 October 2026.