Girls' name · since 1998
Sariyah
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 6,500 babies named Sariyah, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #2,179 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #625 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,500
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Sariyah is the #625 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 6,500 recorded since 1998.
Sariyah has 6,500 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #625 as of the latest data, more common than 96% 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 1998 to 2025.
- #2,179 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #625 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,500 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sariyah ranks #2,179 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #625 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,500 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,179 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #625 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,500
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sariyah's 6,500 recorded births place it above 96.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
34 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Sariyah compares
6,500 Top 12% higher than 88% 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
Sariyah's all-time total is 17x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sariyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,500 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 518 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sariyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sariyah splits its recorded history at 2012: 76% of all births land in the more recent half, 24% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1999 (11 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 518 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sariyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 518
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Sariyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,890 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Sariyah's strongest decade.
2,890 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Sariyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 23
1990s
23 births
- 2000s 1,016
2000s
1,016 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,890 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,571 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,890 births (44% of all-time use).
How Sariyah 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 Sariyah's total volume
Sariyah by state
Where Sariyah concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 673 | 10.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 571 | 8.8% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 530 | 8.2% |
| #4 | California | | 478 | 7.4% |
| #5 | New York | | 408 | 6.3% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 321 | 4.9% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 261 | 4.0% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 248 | 3.8% |
673 of 6,500 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Sariyah appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Sariyah's data
- Sariyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,890 total births) through the 2020s (2,571) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Sariyahs (673 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sariyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Sariyah 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.