Fun Facts About the Name Zariah
- More than 14 thousand babies named Zariah: U.S. records list 14,300 babies given the name Zariah from 1880 through 2025. Even 149 boys received the name Zariah - about 1 boy for every 95 girls.
What Does the Name Zariah Mean?
Zariah is a feminine name used mainly in English-speaking countries, generally treated as a respelling of Zaria. Zaria is commonly linked to the Arabic zahra (زهرة), meaning "blossom" or "flower," from a root (z-h-r) that also carries the sense of shining or blooming. On this widely given derivation, the literal sense of the name is "blossom" or "flower."
The final -h is an English spelling variation and does not by itself add a separate meaning. Some people connect Zariah to the Hebrew name Azariah, meaning "Yahweh has helped," but the two are linked only by a resemblance in sound, not by a documented shared origin. Apart from its relationship to Zaria, the deeper etymology of Zariah is not securely recorded.
Zariah Name History & Origins
The parent form, Zaria, is an Arabic-derived feminine name built on zahra. The root name Zahra became well known through Fatimah al-Zahra, a daughter of the prophet Muhammad, and it spread widely in the Muslim world as a girl's name. Zaria is also a city in northern Nigeria, historically the center of the Zazzau kingdom; the place name and the personal name are spelled alike but are separate in origin.
In English-speaking countries, Zariah follows the long habit of feminine names ending in -ah, as in Sarah, Mariah, and Leah. That ending is an English spelling convention rather than a distinct earlier form of the name, so its development in English is best understood as a respelling of Zaria through the common -ah pattern.
How Popular is the Name Zariah?
Zariah recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2023. Its best rank was #408 in 2023.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #450 | 689 | 0.0429% |
| 2024 | #440 | 705 | 0.0437% |
| 2023 | #408 | 748 | 0.0467% |
| 2022 | #476 | 667 | 0.0407% |
| 2021 | #530 | 583 | 0.0356% |
| 2020 | #460 | 671 | 0.0415% |
| 2019 | #483 | 651 | 0.0388% |
| 2018 | #439 | 727 | 0.0428% |
| 2017 | #447 | 709 | 0.0411% |
| 2016 | #449 | 720 | 0.0406% |
| 2015 | #506 | 625 | 0.0350% |
| 2014 | #532 | 584 | 0.0327% |
| 2013 | #523 | 571 | 0.0325% |
| 2012 | #475 | 646 | 0.0367% |
| 2011 | #471 | 630 | 0.0358% |
| 2010 | #491 | 617 | 0.0347% |
| 2009 | #500 | 607 | 0.0330% |
| 2008 | #575 | 536 | 0.0283% |
| 2007 | #605 | 497 | 0.0259% |
| 2006 | #787 | 349 | 0.0184% |
| 2005 | #939 | 264 | 0.0143% |
| 2004 | #969 | 248 | 0.0135% |
| 2003 | #1,048 | 219 | 0.0120% |
| 2002 | #1,317 | 149 | 0.0083% |
| 2001 | #1,160 | 180 | 0.0100% |
| 2000 | #1,194 | 168 | 0.0093% |
| 1999 | #1,547 | 110 | 0.0062% |
| 1998 | #1,457 | 118 | 0.0067% |
| 1997 | #1,883 | 79 | 0.0045% |
| 1996 | #2,759 | 45 | 0.0026% |
| 1995 | #10,508 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #6,668 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1993 | #10,580 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #9,482 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,186 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #5,640 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2023 | #7,723 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #6,811 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #6,684 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #14,013 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #12,114 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #8,822 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #8,139 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #8,770 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #12,249 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #8,786 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #9,849 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #10,901 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #8,917 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #10,651 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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