# Sariyah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sariyah/  
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 | Arabic |
| Meaning | “a cloud that comes by night” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,500 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,500 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 145, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَارِيَة (sāriya), the meaning “a cloud that comes by night”.

## What it means

Sariyah is grouped under night.

## 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 | 261 | 983 |
| 2012 | 289 | 906 |
| 2013 | 242 | 1,033 |
| 2014 | 221 | 1,137 |
| 2015 | 275 | 982 |
| 2016 | 298 | 925 |
| 2017 | 317 | 865 |
| 2018 | 376 | 740 |
| 2019 | 360 | 773 |
| 2020 | 334 | 817 |
| 2021 | 378 | 756 |
| 2022 | 398 | 732 |
| 2023 | 518 | 578 |
| 2024 | 475 | 627 |
| 2025 | 468 | 625 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2010 | 9 | 2,589 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2,286 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2022 | 12 | 2,178 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,863 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

## 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.