# Neriah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/neriah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,748 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 97 / 3,651 (97% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 879, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 133 | 1,629 |
| 2012 | 175 | 1,344 |
| 2013 | 268 | 946 |
| 2014 | 289 | 936 |
| 2015 | 287 | 948 |
| 2016 | 187 | 1,290 |
| 2017 | 94 | 2,083 |
| 2018 | 91 | 2,110 |
| 2019 | 107 | 1,887 |
| 2020 | 131 | 1,601 |
| 2021 | 123 | 1,691 |
| 2022 | 264 | 995 |
| 2023 | 258 | 993 |
| 2024 | 332 | 827 |
| 2025 | 356 | 762 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | 13,896 |
| 2010 | 5 | 13,677 |
| 2013 | 10 | 7,929 |
| 2015 | 6 | 11,684 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,728 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11,775 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10,488 |
| 2020 | 5 | 13,486 |
| 2021 | 5 | 13,496 |
| 2022 | 12 | 7,120 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,481 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7,606 |
| 2025 | 12 | 7,072 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 1,374 |
| 2012 | 23 | 1,387 |
| 2013 | 58 | 684 |
| 2014 | 59 | 668 |
| 2015 | 40 | 909 |
| 2016 | 33 | 1,057 |
| 2017 | 24 | 1,371 |
| 2018 | 36 | 990 |
| 2019 | 29 | 1,153 |
| 2020 | 47 | 771 |
| 2021 | 48 | 767 |
| 2022 | 76 | 518 |
| 2023 | 69 | 558 |
| 2024 | 104 | 411 |
| 2025 | 113 | 376 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.