Given name
Sariyah
“a cloud that comes by night”
Sariyah is a feminine given name from Arabic, meaning “a cloud that comes by night.”
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Arabic سَارِيَة; its root is Arabic س ر ي.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sariyah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,500
- 0 boys · 6,500 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 518 babies
- 2025
- 468
- #625 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +33%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 468 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 625 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 32.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (50). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,768 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sariyah’s family of names
Sariyah may belong to the same name family as SARIYYAH. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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