Zariyah — #620 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Zariyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,118 babies named Zariyah between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zariyah currently holds the #620 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 505 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zariyah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 3,639 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Zariyah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 733 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Zariyah in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zariyah 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 7,118 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.