Sariyah
Sariyah was the 625th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 468 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 578th with 518 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 357 places. More babies were named Sariyah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning a cloud that comes by night (Arabic) · Arabic
Say it suh-RYE-uh /səˈraɪə/
- Rank in 2025
- #625 girls, up 192 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 468girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2023518 babies
- Total since 1880
- 6,500babies recorded
What does the name Sariyah mean?
Sariyah is borrowed from Arabic sāriya, which Wiktionary glosses as "a cloud that comes by night," and also a rain that falls by night or a party traveling by night. A separate Arabic word spelled the same way, borrowed from Aramaic, means a post, mast or column. Sariyah appears in US records only from 1998, alongside similar names such as Saniyah and Zariyah.
سَارِيَة (Arabic, “a cloud or rain that comes by night”)
How sure is this? Probable. Wiktionary only.
See also: Arabic names, names that mean sky, star, moon or sun.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Sariyah' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'سارية' (Arabic section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Sariyah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #625 | 468 |
| 2020 | #817 | 334 |
| 2010 | #1,003 | 251 |
| 2000 | #7,088 | 15 |
| 1990 | — | — |
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| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Sariyah, counting every spelling?
Sariyah is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #557 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #625 for Sariyah on its own. Together these spellings went to 539 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sariyah | 468 | #625 | 2,237 |
| Sariya | 71 | #2,508 | 340 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Sariyah?
468 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sariyah (0.13 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Sariyah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 18 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sariyah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sariyah?
About 6,500 people born in the US named Sariyah are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 4 and 14. That makes Sariyah a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Sariyah by state
How common Sariyah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (4.6×), South Carolina (3.1×), Georgia (2.9×), Louisiana (2.8×), Alabama (2.7×). In 17 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Sariyah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Sariyah, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Sariyah · Sibling names for Sariyah
Questions about the name Sariyah
What does Sariyah mean?
Sariyah means “a cloud that comes by night (Arabic)” (Arabic origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Sariyah?
Sariyah was the 625th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 468 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 578th with 518 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 357 places. More babies were named Sariyah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Sariyah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Sariyah in the US.
Where is Sariyah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Sariyah was most common in Mississippi (1.26 per 1,000 girls), followed by South Carolina and District of Columbia.