Zeriah

A unisex 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

Zeriah by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 22 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Zeriah

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

Sounds like Zeriah

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

  • Zeruiahthe lord is my rock; biblical name6 in the US (2017)
  • Zerya3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Zeriah

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