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Neriah

#762 in 2025Girls' name

Lamp of Yahweh

Neriah has been given to 3,748 babies in the U.S. since 1994. In 2025 it ranked #762 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 356 recorded.

Babies named Neriah, 2025

1 in 9,310

Neriah over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Neriah: meaning, origin, and history

Lamp of Yahweh

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Neriah means

Neriah means “lamp of Yahweh”.

Origin, language, and formation

Neriah is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,651 girls were recorded with the name Neriah between 1994 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 356 in 2025; its best national rank was #762 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,601 in 2020 to #762 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #948 in 2015 to #762 in 2025.

In the United States, 97 boys were recorded with the name Neriah between 2009 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2022; its best national rank was #7,068 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,480 in 2020 to #7,068 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,678 in 2015 to #7,068 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Neriah?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 9,310
356 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 4,510
0.02% of girls
Rank, 2025
#762
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
6,456 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Neriah sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 1001%
School of 5005%

Put another way: gather 6,456 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Neriah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Neriahs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Neriah was born before 2016 — so the typical Neriah is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
47.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
97.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,651
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 47.5% of all recorded uses (1,733).

Is Neriah rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+65
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+839
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+186
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.24×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (356)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
31.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#762
2025

Spellings of Neriah

Neriah is not the most common spelling — Mariah is, with 45.9% against Neriah's 1.5%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Neriah is used

Across 2016–2025, Neriah was most concentrated in Maryland — about 1 in 3,571 girls, against 1 in 8,467 across all states with data. It was least common in Missouri (1 in 50,000).

228 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Maryland1 in 3,571
  2. 2Florida1 in 4,348
  3. 3Georgia1 in 6,250
  4. 4Massachusetts1 in 6,250
  5. 5Texas1 in 6,250
  6. 6Connecticut1 in 6,667
  7. 7Virginia1 in 6,667
  8. 8New York1 in 7,143

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Neriah around the world

Where Neriah ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2005–2025
    #376
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2022–2025
    #780
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2023–2025
    #718
    in 2025
  • France
    2008–2025
    #3,011
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2009–2024
    #726
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2003–2012
    #871
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Neriah by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#762
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 839
Best rank ever
#762
2025
Peak year
2025
356 that year
First recorded
1994
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,651
Count in 2025
356

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,068
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 6,412
Best rank ever
#7,068
2025
Peak year
2022
12 that year
First recorded
2009
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
97
Count in 2025
12

Names similar to Neriah

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

NariahTaliahAnaiahNerissaJaniahKeziahKaliahMaliahJamiahMakiahNereydaKamiahZaniahNereidaAmariahSaniahSamiahAniahSariahJariahAmiahDeliahLariahJaliah

Names with a curve like Neriah

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Neriah, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

ColbieZaylaAarnaSeraphinaImogenMalayahAaryaZivaTallulahAdaleeInaraYuna

Sibling names for Neriah

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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