Xariah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Xariah by the numbers

Xariah was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Xariah

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

Sounds like Xariah

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

  • Zariahblooming flower; a form of Zahra or Zara712 in the US (2017)
  • Zariablooming flower or princess; a respelling of Zara353 in the US (2017)
  • Zaharablooming flower160 in the US (2017)
  • Zaryahblooming flower; a form of Zahra or Zara43 in the US (2017)
  • Zahirablooming or shining9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zaryadawn or sunrise28 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Xariah

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