Shia
Shia was the 1360th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 138 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1202nd with 171 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 637 places. More babies were named Shia in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,360 boys, up 7 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 138boys
- Girls and boys
- 24% girls, 76% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024171 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,348babies recorded
Shia popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,258 | #1,360 | 34 | 138 |
| 2020 | #3,271 | #1,367 | 48 | 130 |
| 2010 | #2,935 | #1,635 | 59 | 96 |
| 2000 | #11,635 | #5,536 | 8 | 13 |
| 1990 | — | #7,065 | — | 7 |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | — | #4,523 | — | 5 |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Shia, counting every spelling?
Shia is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,247 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,360 for Shia on its own. Together these spellings went to 147 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shia | 138 | #1,360 | 767 |
| Shiah | 9 | #8,812 | 37 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Shia?
138 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Shia (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Shia born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 61 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Shia.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Shia?
About 2,200 people born in the US named Shia are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 4 and 16. That makes Shia a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Shia by state
How common Shia was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (7.5×). In 38 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Shia: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Shia, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Shia
How popular is the name Shia?
Shia was the 1360th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 138 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1202nd with 171 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 637 places. More babies were named Shia in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Shia a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 24% girls, 76% boys given the name Shia in the US.
Where is Shia most popular?
In 2021–2025, Shia was most common in New York (0.66 per 1,000 boys), followed by New Jersey and California.