Girls' name · since 2010
Cariyah
Since 2010, U.S. Social Security records show 89 babies named Cariyah, peaking in 2015. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,402 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,807 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 89
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
89 babies have been named Cariyah since 2010, making it today's #12807 girls' name.
Cariyah has 89 recorded births among girls since 2010, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12807 as of the latest data, more common than 26% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2025.
- #28,402 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,807 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 89 born since 2010
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cariyah ranks #28,402 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,807 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 89 born since 2010, peaking in the 2010s.
- #28,402 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,807 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 89
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cariyah's 89 recorded births place it above 60.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Cariyah compares
89 23rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cariyah's all-time total is 76% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cariyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 89 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Cariyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cariyah's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2010, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cariyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Cariyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (50 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Cariyah's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Cariyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
50 births
- 2020s
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 50 births (56% of all-time use).
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What to do with Cariyah's data
- Cariyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (50 total births) through the 2020s (39) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cariyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~15 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2010–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cariyah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.