Sariah Girl
How popular is Sariah?
#950 girl name in 2025
271 baby girls were named Sariah in the US in 2025, making it the 950th most popular girl name.
Sariah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #950 for girls (▲ 54 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 271 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-15% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #872 in 2015, #840 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (496 girls) |
| Highest rank | #581 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1969 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sariah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sariah family of names ranked #757 for girls in 2025 (#786 the year before), with 338 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sariah | 271 | 80% |
| Saria | 25 | 7% |
| Saryah | 31 | 9% |
| Sarya | 11 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sariah is most popular
Babies named Sariah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 0.5 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Georgia: 0.4 per 1,000 (102 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.3 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- Florida: 0.3 per 1,000 (142 girls)
- Virginia: 0.3 per 1,000 (53 girls)
Sariah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1970s | 136 | #2,557 |
| 1980s | 187 | #3,411 |
| 1990s | 814 | #1,217 |
| 2000s | 2,988 | #638 |
| 2010s | 3,782 | #581 |
| 2020s | 1,681 | #840 |
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Questions
- Is Sariah a boy or girl name?
- Sariah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Sariah were girls.
- How popular is the name Sariah?
- 271 baby girls were named Sariah in the US in 2025, making it the 950th most popular girl name.
- When was Sariah most popular?
- Sariah peaked in 2011, when 496 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #581 in 2011.
- How many people are named Sariah?
- 9,594 babies have been named Sariah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,516 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Sariah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sariah was most common in New Mexico, at 0.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.