girls:
493 births since 1991
#5223 (9th percentile)
overall:
493 births since 1991
#7246 (6th percentile)
The name Kariah is the #7,246 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 493 recorded births since 1991. This represents the 6.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,223 (8.6% percentile) for all time with 493 births since 1991.
Kariah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1991 (first recorded for girls in 1991).
For girls, Kariah reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #905) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kariah ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 24.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kariah".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Kariah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 40.9% confident that Kariah is pronounced as KAH-ree-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kah-RAI-uh, at 22.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like K AA1 R IY0 AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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