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Shia

#1,360 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Shia has been given to 3,348 babies in the U.S. since 1960. In 2025 it ranked #1,360 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 171 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 67% boys, 33% girls all-time.

Babies named Shia, 2025

1 in 24,000

Shia over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Shia over time

In 2025, Shia went to 20% girls and 80% boys.

19602025

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.

Shia: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Shia means

Shia is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Shia is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,255 boys were recorded with the name Shia between 1960 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 171 in 2024; its best national rank was #1,202 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,367 in 2020 to #1,360 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,997 in 2015 to #1,360 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,093 girls were recorded with the name Shia between 1993 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 88 in 2008; its best national rank was #2,248 in 2008.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,271 in 2020 to #4,257 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,106 in 2015 to #4,257 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Shia?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 24,000
138 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 12,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,360
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
16,653 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Shia sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 16,653 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Shia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Shias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Shia was born before 2017 — so the typical Shia is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
39.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
93.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,255
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 39.8% of all recorded uses (897).

Is Shia 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
−158
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+7
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+637
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.89×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
80.7%
Peak was 2024 (171)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
24.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,202
2024

Spellings of Shia

Shia is not the most common spelling — Phil is, with 19.5% against Shia's 2.2%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Shia is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Shia was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 1,786 boys, against 1 in 10,790 across all states with data. It was least common in Michigan (1 in 100,000).

156 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 1,786
  2. 2New Jersey1 in 9,091
  3. 3California1 in 16,667
  4. 4Arizona1 in 25,000
  5. 5Texas1 in 25,000
  6. 6Virginia1 in 25,000
  7. 7Colorado1 in 33,333
  8. 8Illinois1 in 33,333

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.

Where Shia is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Shia was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 302,320 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Colorado1 in —
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Georgia1 in —
  5. 5Illinois1 in —
  6. 6North Carolina1 in —
  7. 7New York1 in —
  8. 8Ohio1 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. Shia has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Shia around the world

Where Shia 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 & Wales
    2007–2025
    #2,440
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2008–2024
    #2,328
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Shia

People whose public names include Shia, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Shia by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,360
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 7
Best rank ever
#1,202
2024
Peak year
2024
171 that year
First recorded
1960
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,255
Count in 2025
138

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,257
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 986
Best rank ever
#2,248
2008
Peak year
2008
88 that year
First recorded
1993
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,093
Count in 2025
34

Names similar to Shia

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

ShivShiloShivamShivaShimonShineShilohShivenYahiaShionShivanshShirlShivanShivayShiahSophiaShivinShivaayShiroShinShivaanShigeoYehiaShimshon

Names with a curve like Shia

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Shia, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

TaylenElyasIlyasBryerLakenGadielJeriahZakariyaDaviMattiasMalikaiKaleo

Sibling names for Shia

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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