Girls' name · since 1991
Kariah
Kariah has 524 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,499 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,665 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 524
- born since 1991
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kariah is the #7665 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 524 recorded since 1991.
Kariah has 524 recorded births among girls since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7665 as of the latest data, more common than 56% 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 1991 to 2025.
- #11,499 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,665 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 524 born since 1991
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kariah ranks #11,499 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,665 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 524 born since 1991, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,499 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,665 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 524
- born since 1991
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kariah's 524 recorded births place it above 84.09% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kariah compares
524 Top 44% higher than 56% of 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
Kariah's all-time total is 39% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kariah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 524 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 31 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kariah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kariah's full recorded timeline at 2008, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 31 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kariah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Kariah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (199 births, 38% of the file).
2010s was Kariah's strongest decade.
199 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Kariah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 67
1990s
67 births
- 2000s
2000s
169 births
- 2010s
2010s
199 births
- 2020s
2020s
89 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 199 births (38% of all-time use).
How Kariah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kariah's total volume
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What to do with Kariah's data
- Kariah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (199 total births) through the 2020s (89) -- 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 Kariah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1991–2025 (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 Kariah 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.