Sha
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Sha has been given to 766 babies in the U.S. since 1962. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1989, with 32 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 83% girls, 17% boys all-time.
Babies named Sha, 2024
1 in 669,000
Sha over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Sha over time
In 2024, Sha went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Sha?
Sha had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2024
- 1 in 669,000
- 5 of 3,342,801 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 324,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2024
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 463,412 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Sha sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 463,412 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sha. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Shas were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Sha was born before 1985 — so the typical Sha is around 40 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1970s
- 30.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 10.0%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 639
- People you could plausibly meet
1970s — 30.0% of all recorded uses (192).
Is Sha rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1989 (32)
- Years since peak
- 36
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 29.3% average annual change
Where Sha is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Sha was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 611,262 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Alabama1 in 100,000
- 2California1 in —
- 3New York1 in —
- 4Pennsylvania1 in —
- 5Texas1 in —
- 6Virginia1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Sha has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Sha is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Sha was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,664,768 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1New York1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Sha has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Sha around the world
Where Sha ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2010–2025#4,275in 2025
- South Australia1984–1984#455in 1984
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Sha by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Sha
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Sha
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.