Zuriyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zoo-REE-yuh
- Origin
- Swahili
- US rank, 2025
- #3,902 for girls
Zuriyah is a girls' name of Swahili origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,902nd for girls in the US (37 babies).
Where does Zuriyah come from?
Swahili: probably an elaboration of Zuri 'beautiful'; also like Arabic dhurriyya 'offspring'
Is Zuriyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zuriyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 37 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zuriyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,902nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 37 about 1 in 43,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 117% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 37 girls in the US were named Zuriyah, making it the 3,902nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. It first appears in the records in 2008.
2025 had the most girls named Zuriyah of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Zuriyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zuriyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,902 |
| 2024 | 31 | #4,471 |
| 2023 | 32 | #4,361 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
Names like Zuriyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaliyah, Zaniyah, Naziyah, Zamiyah, Aziyah, Aaliyah, Zakiyah, Zalayah, Jaziyah, Hadassah, Zaya, Kaliyah
Names related to Zuriyah
Zariah, Zariyah, Zariya, Zaryah, Zuriah, Zoriah, Zurie, Zurii
More Swahili names
Zuri, Imani, Malaika, Emani, Jabari, Zhuri, Imara, Maisha, Asante, Imaani, Malaikah, Taraji, Xuri, Johari, Simba, Zamani
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, “Zuriyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zuriyah, updated 20 October 2026.