Cariah — girls' name
108 babies named Cariah in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Cariah was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Cariah in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cariah
The Social Security Administration has registered 108 babies named Cariah between 1999 and 2022, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cariah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cariah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cariah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cariah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 108 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cariah at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cariah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1999
- Peak year (2008)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
108 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 13 births in a single year.
Cariah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 49 births that decade — 45% of Cariah's all-time total
Cariah decade highlights
- Peak decade 49 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Cariah's strongest decade
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1999–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.