Oriah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- oh-RY-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Oriah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “light of God”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Oriah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Oria
“light of God”
Is Oriah a girl's or a boy's name?
Oriah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oriah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 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, 4 girls in the UK were named Oriah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2013, with 4 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Oriah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
How popular is Oriah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Oriah, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had fewer girls named Oriah than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Oriah in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Oriah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 32 | #4,361 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Names like Oriah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Delilah, Neriah, Orla, Aria, Maeva, Eliana, Elodie, Eden, Sienna, Fiadh, Esme, Maryam
Names related to Oriah
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, “Oriah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oriah, updated 20 October 2026.