How Many People Are Named Neriah?
people named Neriah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 91,754 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,748 babies named Neriah in Social Security records from 1994 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
368 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "lamp of YAHWEH" in Hebrew. This is the name of the father of Baruch in the Old Testament.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Neriah, 97.4% were girls and 2.6% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 2000s: 98.7% of the babies were girls then and 96.6% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Neriah alive today is about 8 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 12 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Neriah first appears in the records in 1994, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 368 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1994 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Neriah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #762, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #762.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #762 |
| Best rank | #762 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,359 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Neriah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Neriah were born in Texas than in any other state: about 431 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Neriah was given 2.4 times as often in Maryland, 2.2 times in Florida and 1.7 times in Massachusetts.
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