girls:
1.3k births since 1992
#4425 (23rd percentile)
boys:
281 births since 1980
#4305 (6th percentile)
overall:
1.6k births since 1980
#6167 (20th percentile)
The name Jariah is the #6,167 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,579 recorded births since 1980. This represents the 20.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,425 (22.6% percentile) for all time with 1,298 births since 1992. For boys, it ranks #4,305 (6.1% percentile) for all time with 281 births since 1980.
Jariah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1980 (1980 for boys and 1992 for girls). Birth data for Jariah is available in 32 out of the 44 years between 1980 and 2023 (31 years for girls and 25 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jariah has been given predominantly to girls, with 82.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 72.1% of babies named Jariah were girls. Interestingly, until around 1992, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1980 to 1991), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (82.5% girls from 1992 to 2023).
For girls, Jariah reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 8.6% percentile (ranked #877) with 43 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 43 births per million (ranked 8.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jariah ranks #908 for girls (4.1% percentile) with 25 births per million, which is 58.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Jariah reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #885) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Jariah ranks #899 for boys (1.3% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 93.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jariah".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Jariah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 35.0% confident that Jariah is pronounced as jer-AI-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is juh-RAI-uh, at 25.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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