Kariyah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
19
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kariyah by the numbers

Kariyah was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 26 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Kariyah

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 Kariyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kamiyahperfect or complete; a modern respelling of Kamila245 in the US (2017)
  • Karimahgenerous, noble woman; feminine form4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kaliyah503 in the US (2017)
  • Kaniyah76 in the US (2017)
  • Kaiyah67 in the US (2017)
  • Kariah24 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kariyah

Names that are said the same way as Kariyah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Kariyah

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