Ariah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 1,005 babies a year in the US.
How Ariah has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #515 |
| 2016 | #310 |
| 2017 | #323 |
| 2018 | #343 |
| 2019 | #363 |
| 2020 | #400 |
| 2021 | #433 |
| 2022 | #460 |
| 2023 | #512 |
| 2024 | #583 |
| 2025 | #636 |
Ariah by the numbers
In 2025, 50 babies in England and Wales were named Ariah. In the US, 1,005 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 1,042 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Ariah
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ariah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ariamelody, air; lioness7,160 in the US (2017)
- Aliahexalted or ascent; a respelling of Aliyah226 in the US (2017)
- Aryahlion of God; a form of Ariel134 in the US (2017)
- Asiahgod has made; variant of asher69 in the US (2017)
- Aryiahlion of god; a form of Ariel40 in the US (2017)
- Aviahmy father is Yah; variant of Aviya35 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Ariah
Names that are said the same way as Ariah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Aryanoble; honorable; aryan2,201 in the US (2017)
- Aaryanoble, honorable; respelling of Arya56 in England and Wales (2025)
- Auriagolden; a form of Aurora49 in the US (2017)
- Aairahair or lion; variant of aira33 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aariahlion of god; variant of ariel29 in the US (2017)
- Arriarelating to the Arrius family4 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Ariah
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