Girls' name · since 2000
Noriah
Noriah has 433 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,893 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,845 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 433
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
433 babies have been named Noriah since 2000, making it today's #5845 girls' name.
Noriah has 433 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5845 as of the latest data, more common than 66% 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 2000 to 2025.
- #12,893 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,845 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 433 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Noriah ranks #12,893 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,845 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 433 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,893 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,845 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 433
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Noriah's 433 recorded births place it above 82.17% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Noriah compares
433 Top 48% higher than 52% 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
Noriah's all-time total is 15% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Noriah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 433 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 21 | 19,840 |
Noriah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Noriah splits its recorded history at 2013: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 29 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Noriah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Noriah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (203 births, 47% of the file).
2010s was Noriah's strongest decade.
203 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Noriah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
97 births
- 2010s
2010s
203 births
- 2020s
2020s
133 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 203 births (47% of all-time use).
Noriah by state
Where Noriah concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 20 | 4.6% |
| #2 | California | | 11 | 2.5% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.2% |
20 of 433 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Noriah's data
- Noriah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (203 total births) through the 2020s (133) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Noriahs (20 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Noriah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Noriah 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.