girls:
355 births since 1976
#5361 (6th percentile)
boys:
130 births since 1992
#4456 (3rd percentile)
overall:
485 births since 1976
#7254 (6th percentile)
The name Arshia is the #7,254 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 485 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 6.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,361 (6.2% percentile) for all time with 355 births since 1976. For boys, it ranks #4,456 (2.8% percentile) for all time with 130 births since 1992.
Arshia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (1976 for girls and 1992 for boys). Birth data for Arshia is available in 31 out of the 48 years between 1976 and 2023 (28 years for girls and 18 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 Arshia has been given predominantly to girls, with 73.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Arshia were girls.
For girls, Arshia reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 2.7% percentile (ranked #933) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.7% percentile). Despite a low point in 2017, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Arshia ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 18.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Arshia reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #807) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Arshia".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Arshia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.7% confident that Arshia is pronounced as AHR-shee-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AHR-shuh, at 38.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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