Yariah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Yariah by the numbers

Yariah was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 19 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Yariah

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

  • Yarah8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yuriah6 in the US (2017)
  • Yaminahright hand or blessed14 in the US (2017)
  • Yanahhe answered or god answered8 in the US (2017)
  • Yuriayouthful; variant of Julia7 in the US (2017)
  • Yannahgod is gracious; a form of Johanna4 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Yariah

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

  • Yaarahoneycomb3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yahaira73 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Yariah

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