Neriah

Neriah was the #760 girls' name in the US in 2025 (356 babies), and #376 in England & Wales and #557 in Canada.

Neriah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Neriah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUSIrelandScotland
Neriah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#760 (356)#376 (113)#780 (3)#718 (4)#557 (54)
2024#827 (332)#411 (104)—#898 (3)#678 (43)
2023#989 (258)#558 (69)—#856 (3)#698 (40)
2022#994 (264)#518 (76)#531 (5)—#781 (35)
2021#1,680 (123)#767 (48)——#1,592 (14)
2020#1,593 (131)#771 (47)——#1,359 (17)
2019#1,875 (107)#1,153 (29)——#2,025 (10)
2018#2,098 (91)#990 (36)——#1,567 (14)
2017#2,074 (94)#1,371 (24)——#1,673 (13)
2016#1,286 (187)#1,057 (33)——#1,785 (12)
2015#946 (287)#909 (40)——#983 (26)
2014#933 (289)#668 (59)——#972 (27)
2013#941 (268)#684 (58)——#1,165 (21)
2012#1,340 (175)#1,387 (23)——#1,787 (12)
2011#1,619 (133)#1,374 (22)——#2,348 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #760.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1994.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Neriah is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 4,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Neriah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #927ILMichigan: #965MINew York: #1,087NYMassachusetts: #481MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #878OHPennsylvania: #689PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #830CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #497CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #413VAMaryland: #459MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #515AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #748TNNorth Carolina: #1,281NCSouth Carolina: #560SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #663TXFlorida: #555FL
Neriah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#44228

Neriah (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NeriahCanadaGirls#55754
NeriahEngland & WalesGirls#376113
NeriahEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
NeriahIrelandGirls#7184
NeriahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
NeriahScotlandGirls#7803
NeriahUSGirls#760356
NeriahUSBoys#6,80312