Girls' name · since 2003
Variah
Variah has 25 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #43,413 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,057 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 25
- born since 2003
- 2000s
- peak decade
25 babies have been named Variah since 2003, making it today's #16057 girls' name.
Variah has 25 recorded births among girls since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16057 as of the latest data, more common than 7% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #43,413 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,057 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 25 born since 2003
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Variah ranks #43,413 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,057 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 25 born since 2003, peaking in the 2000s.
- #43,413 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,057 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 25
- born since 2003
- 2000s
- peak decade
Variah's 25 recorded births place it above 39.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Variah compares
25 9th 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
Variah's all-time total is 93% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Variah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 25 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 5 | 21 | 19,840 |
Variah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Variah's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded.
Variah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Variah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (10 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Variah's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Variah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 10 births (40% of all-time use).
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What to do with Variah's data
- Variah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2020s (10) -- 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 Variah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~22 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, 2003–2025 (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 Variah 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.