Syriah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SEER-ee-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,409 for girls
Syriah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,409th for girls in the US (23 babies).
Where does Syriah come from?
Modern: modern spelling, perhaps of Sariah or Syria
Is Syriah a girl's or a boy's name?
Syriah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Syriah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the US were named Syriah, making it the 5,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 52 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Syriah in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Syriah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,409 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,386 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 35 | #4,004 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,475 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 31 | #4,487 |
| 2014 | 42 | #3,650 |
| 2013 | 45 | #3,463 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 52 | #3,188 |
| 2008 | 43 | #3,709 |
| 2007 | 34 | #4,379 |
| 2006 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,703 |
| 2003 | 31 | #4,216 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
Names like Syriah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zariah, Kaliyah, Zaniyah, Jaliyah, Sariyah, Aaliyah, Kamiyah, Sariah, Azariah, Hadassah, Zaliyah, Selah
Names related to Syriah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Syriah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/syriah, updated 20 October 2026.