Oriah — #5529 US girls' name
397 babies named Oriah in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 69% of names given to girls today.
43% of everyone ever named Oriah was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Oriah in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Oriah
The Social Security Administration has registered 397 babies named Oriah between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Oriah currently holds the #5529 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 32 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Oriah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 171 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Oriah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Oriah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Oriah 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 397 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.
Oriah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Oriah popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1999
- Peak year (2023)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #5529 among girls.
397 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 32 births in a single year.
Oriah popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2013 (Oriah as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Oriah accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Oriah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 171 births that decade — 43% of Oriah's all-time total
Oriah decade highlights
- Peak decade 171 births
- Runner-up 120 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Oriah's strongest decade
171 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Oriah by state
Where Oriah concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 1.8% |
7 of 397 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1999–2024 (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.